PART 3DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION — GENERAL
Agreements for the disclosure of protected information10
1
A prescribed agreement for the purpose of section 57(5) of the Act is—
a
an agreement made between the adoption agency and a person aged 18 or over at the time the agreement is made as to the disclosure of protected information about that person; or
b
an agreement made between the adoption agency and each of the following persons as to the disclosure of protected information about them or about the adopted person—
i
the adoptive parent, or in the case of adoption by a copule, both adoptive parents, of the adoptive person;
ii
each person who, before the adoption order was made, was a parent with parental responsibility for the adopted person.
2
The adoption agency must keep a written record of any such agreement and that record must include—
a
the full names and signatures of the persons who are parties;
b
the date on which it is made;
c
the reasons for making it;
d
the information that may be disclosed in accordance with the agreement;
e
any agreed restrictions on the circumstances in which information may be disclosed.