Requirement to obtain information about the child’s family
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16.—(1) The adoption agency must obtain, so far as is reasonably practicable, the information about the child’s family which is specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1.
(2) The adoption agency must obtain, so far as is reasonably practicable, the information about the health of each of the child’s natural parents and his brothers and sisters (of the full blood or half-blood) which is specified in Part 4 of Schedule 1.