Regulation 4 Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005
After regulation 2 (interpretation) insert—
“Prescribed relationship
2A.For the purposes of section 98(1A) of the 2002 Act, a prescribed relationship is a relationship whereby a person (who is not a relative of the adopted person within the meaning of “relative” in regulation 2) is related to an adopted person—
(a)by blood, marriage or civil partnership; or
(b)by virtue of the adopted person’s adoption.”