# The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
“the applicant” (“y ceisydd”) means an adopted person or a relative of an adopted person who makes an application under regulation 5;
“the appropriate adoption agency” (“yr asiantaeth fabwysiadu briodol”) has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the 2002 Act;
“identifying information” (“gwybodaeth adnabod”) has the meaning given in regulation 7;
“intermediary service” (“gwasanaeth cyfryngol”) and “intermediary agency” (“asiantaeth gyfryngol”) have the meanings given in regulation 4;
“registered adoption support agency” (“asiantaeth cymorth mabwysiadu cofrestredig”) means an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000;
“relative” (“perthynas”) in relation to an adopted person has the same meaning as in section 98 of the 2002 Act;
“subject” (“gwrthrych”) in relation to an application under these Regulations means a person with whom the applicant seeks contact.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2701/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2
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