PART 2KEEPING OF INFORMATION BY ADOPTION AGENCIES
Transfer of section 56 information6
1
Where a registered adoption society10 intends to cease to act or exist as such, it must transfer any section 56 information which it holds in relation to a person’s adoption—
a
to another adoption agency having first obtained the approval of the registration authority for such transfer;
b
to the local authority in whose area the society’s principal office is situated; or
c
in the case of a society which amalgamates with another registered adoption society to form a new registered adoption society, to the new body.
2
A registered adoption society that transfers its records to another adoption agency by virtue of paragraph (1) must, if its activities were principally based in the area of a single local authority, give written notification of the transfer to that authority.
3
An adoption agency to which records are transferred by virtue of paragraph (1), shall notify the registration authority in writing of such a transfer.