Regulation 5 Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005

In regulation 4 (meaning of “intermediary service” and “intermediary agency”) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

Subject to paragraph (3) an intermediary service is a service provided for the purpose of—

(a)

assisting adopted persons to obtain information in relation to their adoption;

(b)

facilitating contact between adopted persons and their relatives; and

(c)

facilitating contact between persons with a prescribed relationship to an adopted person and relatives of the adopted person.”