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6(1)Section 129 (disclosure of information) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) for “or (3)” substitute “, (2A) or (3) or section 128A”.
(3)After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)Regulations may make provision permitting the disclosure of prescribed information entered in the register, or compiled from information entered in the register—
(a)to an adoption agency or to a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency for any prescribed purpose, or
(b)for the purpose of enabling the information to be entered in a register which is maintained in respect of Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and which contains information about children who are suitable for adoption or prospective adopters who are suitable to adopt a child.”
(4)In subsection (4)—
(a)for “An Order under section 125” substitute “Regulations”, and
(b)after “(2)” insert “or (2A)”.
(5)In subsection (5) omit paragraph (b) (and the “or” which precedes it).
(6)In subsection (6) after “(2)” insert “, (2A)”.
(7)In subsection (7)—
(a)for “An Order under section 125” substitute “Regulations”,
(b)in paragraph (a) after “(2)” insert “or (2A)”,
(c)after paragraph (a) (and before the “or” which follows it) insert—
“(aa)by a prescribed Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency in respect of information disclosed under subsection (2A),”, and
(d)in paragraph (b) for “to whom information is disclosed under subsection (3)” substitute “in respect of information disclosed under subsection (2A) or (3)”.
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