Regulation 5 Applications that may be acceptedI1

United Kingdom

F1(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.

F2(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

The applicant and the person with whom the applicant seeks contact (“the subject”) must be aged 18 or over.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 5(1) substituted (31.10.2014) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 6(a)
F2: Reg. 5(2) omitted (31.10.2014) by virtue of The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 6(b)