# The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005, Regulation 11: Procedure on receipt of application

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The intermediary agency must, on receipt of an application under regulation 5, take reasonable steps to confirm—
(a) the identity of the applicant or of any person acting on his behalf;
(b) the age of the applicant;
(c) that any person acting on behalf of the applicant is authorised to do so;
(d) in the case of an application by a relative of the adopted person, that the applicant is related to that person.
(e) in the case of an application by a person with a prescribed relationship to the adopted person, that the applicant does have a prescribed relationship with that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/890/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-11
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