Adoption Act 1993
78Adoption information register
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78 Adoption information register (1) The director-general must establish and maintain an adoption information register. (2) The register must contain— (a) the names and addresses of— (i) adopted persons; and (ii) birth parents of adopted persons; and (iii) birth relatives of adopted persons; and (iv) adoptive parents; who have, in writing, requested the director-general to enter their names and addresses in the register; and (b) in relation to each person so registered, notations recording the wishes of any such person about to— (i) obtaining identifying information about, or contacting or providing information to; or (ii) whether or not to release the name, address or any information about the person to; another person whose name is, or may in the future be, entered in the adoption information register. (3) The director-general must, on the written request of a person whose name is entered in the adoption information register, amend or cancel the entry relating to that person.