# Adoption and Children Act 2002, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W

(1) Where an adopted person who is in England and Wales—
(a) applies for information under paragraph 1 or Article 54 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, or
(b) is supplied with information under section 55(4)(b) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4),
the persons and bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) must, if asked by the applicant to do so, provide counselling for the applicant.
(2) Those persons and bodies are—
(a) the Registrar General,
(b) any local authority,
(c) a registered adoption society, an organisation within section 144(3)(b) or an adoption society which is registered under Article 4 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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