# The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Applications that may be accepted

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

(1) Subject to paragraph (3) an intermediary agency may accept an application from—
(a) an adopted person for assistance in contacting a relative of his;
(b) a relative of an adopted person for assistance in contacting—
(i) the adopted person; or
(ii) a person with a prescribed relationship to the adopted person; or
(c) a person with a prescribed relationship to an adopted person for assistance in contacting a relative of an adopted person.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The applicant and the person with whom the applicant seeks contact (“the subject”) must be aged 18 or over.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/890/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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