Regulation 4 Information to be kept about a person’s adoptionI1

England and Wales

(1)

Paragraphs (2) and (3) prescribe, for the purposes of section 56 of the Act, the information that an adoption agency must keep in relation to a person’s adoption (“section 56 information”).

(2)

The adoption agency must continue to keep the case record that was set up in respect of the adopted person under Part 3 of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005^f1 or under the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983^f2.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4) the adoption agency must also keep—

(a)

any information that has been supplied by a natural parent or relative or other significant person in the adopted person’s life, with the intention that the adopted person may, should he wish to, be given that information;

(b)

any information supplied by the adoptive parents or other persons which is relevant to matters arising after the making of the adoption order;

(c)

any information that the adopted person has requested should be kept;

(d)

any information given to the adoption agency in respect of an adopted person by the Registrar General under section 79(5) of the Act (information that would enable an adopted person to obtain a certified copy of the record of his birth);

(e)

any information disclosed to the adoption agency about an entry relating to the adopted person on the Adoption Contact Register;

(f)

any information required to be recorded in accordance with regulation 10, 14 or 18;

(g)

the record of any agreement under regulation 11.

(4)

The adoption agency is not required to keep any information falling within paragraph (3)(a) to (c) if the adoption agency considers—

(a)

that it would be prejudicial to the adopted person’s welfare to keep it; or

(b)

that it would not be reasonably practicable to keep it.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2005/389.
f2: S.I. 1983/1964.