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Adoption Act 1984
96Natural parent's right to information about adult adopted person
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96 Natural parent's right to information about adult adopted person
(1) A natural parent of an adopted person who has attained the age of eighteen years may make application to a relevant authority for—
(a) information about the adopted person (otherthan information from which whether directly or indirectly the adoptive parents ofthe person may be identified or the whereabouts of the adopted person ascertained); or
(b) information about the adopted person from which the adoptive parents of the person may be identified or the whereabouts of the adopted person ascertained.
S. 96(2) substituted by No. 25/2013 s. 6, repealed by No. 32/2015 s. 8.
S. 96A inserted by No. 69/1989 s. 6.