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.