SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Disclosure of birth records by Registrar General
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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 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.
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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.