SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Disclosure of birth records by Registrar General

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1

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 F1section 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.

2

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.