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PART 8DOCUMENTS AND DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

Disclosing information to an adopted adult

84.—(1) The adopted person has the right, at his request, to receive from the court which made the adoption order a copy of the following—

(a)the application form for an adoption order (but not the documents attached to that form);

(b)the adoption order and any other orders relating to the adoption proceedings;

(c)orders allowing any person contact with the child after the adoption order was made; and

(d)any other document or order referred to in the relevant practice direction.

(2) The court will remove any protected information from any copy of a document or order referred to in paragraph (1) before the copies are given to the adopted person.

(3) This rule does not apply to an adopted person under the age of 18 years.

(4) In this rule “protected information” means information which would be protected information under section 57(3) if the adoption agency gave the information and not the court.