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The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005

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Meaning of “intermediary service” and “intermediary agency”

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) an intermediary service is a service provided for the purpose of—

(a)assisting adopted persons to obtain information in relation to their adoption; and

(b)facilitating contact between such persons and their relatives.

(2) A registered adoption support agency or an adoption agency that provides an intermediary service is referred to in these Regulations as an “intermediary agency”.

(3) An adoption agency does not provide an intermediary service for the purposes of these Regulations if it is the appropriate adoption agency in relation to an adopted person and only provides information about that person’s adoption.

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