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5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) an intermediary agency may accept an application—
(a)from a person adopted before 30th December 2005 for assistance in contacting a relative of his; or
(b)from a relative of a person adopted before 30th December 2005 for assistance in contacting that person.
(2) Where the intermediary agency has limited capacity to deal with such applications, it must give priority to applications in respect of adoptions before 12th November 1975.
(3) The applicant and the person with whom the applicant seeks contact (“the subject”) must be aged 18 or over.
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