Regulation 6 Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005

in the heading for “Priority for adoptions before 1976” substitute “Applications that may be accepted”;

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

Subject to paragraph (3) an intermediary agency may accept an application from—

(a)

an adopted person for assistance in obtaining information about that person’s adoption and contacting a relative of that person;

(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 the adopted person for assistance in contacting a relative of an adopted person.”;

omit paragraph (2);

in paragraph (3) after “paragraph (1)” omit “and (2)”.