Regulation 11 Procedure on receipt of application

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The intermediary agency must, on receipt of an application under these Regulations, take reasonable steps to confirm—

(a)

the identity and age of the applicant and the identity of any person acting on the applicant’s behalf;

(b)

that any person acting on behalf of the applicant is authorised to do so; and

(c)

in the case of an application by a relative of the adopted person, that the applicant is related to that person.