79CSecretary may request Registrar for access to adoption records

79C Secretary may request Registrar for access to adoption records (1) The Registrar, on the Registrar's own initiative or at the request of the Secretary, may— (a) make the following, or any part of the following, available to the Secretary for inspection or search— (i) the Register of Adoptions; (ii) the Adopted Children Register; (iii) the index referred to in section 75(1); (iv) any records referred to in section 79A which are in the possession or under the control of the Registrar; or (b) give the Secretary a copy of, or information contained in, a register or record referred to in paragraph (a). (2) The Secretary must not use or disclose any information given to the Secretary under subsection (1) other than for the purposes of performing the Secretary's functions or exercising the Secretary's powers under this Act.