# Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 80: Adoption Contact Register: supplementary

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Adoption Contact Register is not to be open to public inspection or search.
(2) In section 79, “relative”, in relation to an adopted person, means any person who (but for the adopted person’s adoption) would be related to the adopted person by blood (including half-blood), marriage or civil partnership.
(3) The Registrar General must not give any information entered in the register to any person except in accordance with subsection (6)(a) of that section or regulations made by virtue of section 63(4)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/18/section/80 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/section-80
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