Regulation 12 Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005

for paragraph (3)(b)(i) substitute—

“(i)

ascertain whether the adopted person has, at any time, expressed his views to the agency about—

(aa)

any future contact with any relative of his;

(bb)

any future contact between people with a prescribed relationship to him and his relatives; or

(cc)

his being approached with regard to such contact; and”; and

for paragraph (3)(c) substitute—

“(c)

seek any other information required for the following purposes—

(i)

tracing the adopted person and, where the adopted person is not the subject, any other subject;

(ii)

enabling the adopted person to make an informed decision as to whether he consents to—

(aa)

the disclosure of identifying information about him;

(bb)

an application proceeding to facilitate contact between a relative of his and a person with a prescribed relationship to him; or

(cc)

contact with the applicant;

(iii)

enabling any other subject to make an informed decision as to whether he consents to—

(aa)

the disclosure of identifying information about him; or

(bb)

contact with the applicant;

(iv)

counselling the subject and, where they are not the subject, the adopted person in relation to that decision; and

(v)

counselling the applicant.”.