Legislation – Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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PART 1Adoption
CHAPTER 5Registers
Adoption Contact Register
Adoption Contact Register79
(1)
The Registrar General must maintain at the General Register Office in accordance with regulations a register in two Parts to be called the Adoption Contact Register.
(2)
Part 1 of the register is to contain the prescribed information about adopted persons who have given the prescribed notice expressing their wishes as to making contact with their relatives.
(3)
The Registrar General may only make an entry in Part 1 of the register for an adopted person—
(a)
a record of whose birth is kept by the Registrar General;
(b)
who has attained the age of 18 years; and
(c)
who the Registrar General is satisfied has such information as is necessary to enable the person to obtain a certified copy of the record of the person’s birth.
(4)
Part 2 of the register is to contain the prescribed information about persons who have given the prescribed notice expressing their wishes, as relatives of adopted persons, as to making contact with those persons.
(5)
The Registrar General may only make an entry in Part 2 of the register for a person—
(a)
who has attained the age of 18 years; and
(b)
who the Registrar General is satisfied is a relative of an adopted person and has such information as is necessary to enable the relative to obtain a certified copy of the record of the adopted person’s birth.
(6)
Regulations may provide for—
(a)
the disclosure of information contained in one Part of the register to persons for whom there is an entry in the other Part;
(b)
the payment of prescribed fees in respect of the making or alteration of entries in the register and the disclosure of information contained in the register.