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The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005
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- 2005 No. 2701 (W. 190)
- PART 3
- Regulation 5
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Priority for adoptions before 1976
5.—(1) An intermediary agency may, in relation to an adoption on or before 30 December 2005, accept an application—
(a)from the adopted person for assistance in obtaining information about that person’s adoption and contacting a relative; or
(b)from a relative of the adopted person for assistance in contacting that person.
(2) An intermediary agency may accept an application in relation to an adoption on or after 12 November 1975 but must give priority to applications in respect of adoptions before that date.
(3) In applications under paragraph (1) and (2) above, the applicant and the person with whom the applicant seeks contact, or about whom he or she seeks information, must be aged 18 or over.
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