PART 1Adoption and contact
Adoption
I11Contact between prescribed persons and adopted person's relatives
1
In section 98 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (pre-commencement adoptions: information), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
Regulations under section 9 may make provision for the purpose of facilitating contact between persons with a prescribed relationship to a person adopted before the appointed day and that person's relatives.
2
In each of subsections (2) and (3) of that section, for “that purpose” substitute “
a purpose within subsection (1) or (1A)
”
.
3
In subsection (7) of that section, after the definition of “appointed day” insert—
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 9;