Adoption and Children Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

Commentary on Sections

Part 1 – Adoption

Chapter 5 - The Registers

Section 82: Interpretation

214.Section 82 provides interpretation in respect of the provisions in Chapter 5.  It defines the terms “records” and “registers of live-births”.  It also provides that the Registrar General may maintain in any form any register, record or index he is required to keep under these provisions.