61Records of adoptions

61 Records of adoptions (1) The director-general must maintain records— (a) for each adoption negotiated or arranged by or for the director-general; or (b) given to the director-general under subsection (2). (2) A private adoption agency must— (a) maintain records for each adoption negotiated or arranged by it; and (b) as soon as practicable after an adoption order has been made following such negotiations or arrangements, give the director-general the prescribed particulars concerning the persons associated with the application for the order. (3) For subsection (2), the associated people are the adopted person, an adoptive parent, a birth parent and the person who made the report mentioned in section 39D. (4) A regulation may provide for the length of time for which, and the manner in which, records are to be maintained for subsection (1) or (2).

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