SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Disclosure of birth records by Registrar General
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On an application made in the prescribed manner by an adopted person—
a
a record of whose birth is kept by the Registrar General, and
b
who has attained the age of 18 years,
the Registrar General must give the applicant any information necessary to enable the applicant to obtain a certified copy of the record of his birth.
“Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Registrar General with the approval of F1the Secretary of State.
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Before giving any information to an applicant under paragraph 1, the Registrar General must inform the applicant that counselling services are available to the applicant—
a
from a registered adoption society, an organisation within section 144(3)(b) or an adoption society which is registered under Article 4 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)),
b
if the applicant is in England and Wales, at the General Register Office or from any local authority or registered adoption support agency,
c
if the applicant is in Scotland, from any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39),
d
if the applicant is in Northern Ireland, from any F4Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I.)).
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In sub-paragraph (1)(b), “registered adoption support agency” means—
a
in relation to England, an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), or
b
in relation to Wales, an adoption support agency registered as an adoption service under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2).
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If the applicant chooses to receive counselling from a person or body within sub-paragraph (1), the Registrar General must send to the person or body the information to which the applicant is entitled under paragraph 1.
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Where an adopted person who is in England and Wales—
a
applies for information under paragraph 1 or Article 54 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, or
b
is supplied with information under F2section 55(4)(b) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4),
the persons and bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) must, if asked by the applicant to do so, provide counselling for the applicant.
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Those persons and bodies are—
a
the Registrar General,
b
any local authority,
c
a registered adoption society, an organisation within section 144(3)(b) or an adoption society which is registered under Article 4 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.
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Where a person—
a
was adopted before 12th November 1975, and
b
applies for information under paragraph 1,
the Registrar General must not give the information to the applicant unless the applicant has attended an interview with a counsellor arranged by a person or body from whom counselling services are available as mentioned in paragraph 2.
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Where the Registrar General is prevented by sub-paragraph (1) from giving information to a person who is not living in the United Kingdom, the Registrar General may give the information to any body which—
a
the Registrar General is satisfied is suitable to provide counselling to that person, and
b
has notified the Registrar General that it is prepared to provide such counselling.