Legislation – Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
Changes to legislation:
Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 62 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 62:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
PART 1Adoption
CHAPTER 3Placement for adoption and adoption orders
Disclosure of information about a person’s adoption
Counselling62
(1)
Regulations may require adoption agencies to give information about the availability of counselling to persons—
(a)
seeking information from them in pursuance of this group of sections;
(b)
considering objecting or consenting to the disclosure of information by the agency in pursuance of this group of sections; or
(c)
considering entering with the agency into an agreement prescribed for the purposes of section 56(5).
(2)
Regulations may require adoption agencies to make arrangements to secure the provision of counselling for persons seeking information from them in prescribed circumstances in pursuance of this group of sections.
(3)
The regulations may authorise adoption agencies—
(a)
to disclose information which is required for the purposes of such counselling to the persons providing the counselling;
(b)
where the person providing the counselling is outside the United Kingdom, to require a prescribed fee to be paid to an adoption agency.
(4)
The regulations may require the following persons to provide counselling for the purposes of arrangements under subsection (2)—
(a)
an adoption authority;
(b)
an appropriate voluntary organisation.