Adoption Act 2000
166Reunion and Information Register
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166 Reunion and Information Register
166 Reunion and Information Register
(cf AI Act s 31)
(1) The Secretary is to establish and maintain a Reunion and Information Register.
(2) There is to be entered in the register the name of every person who is eligible to have his or her name entered in the register and who—
(a) has duly applied for entry of his or her name with a view to a reunion with a person from whom he or she has been separated as a consequence of an adoption, and
(b) has duly applied for entry of his or her name with a view to leaving a message for a person concerned in or affected by an adoption, and
(c) has duly applied for entry of his or her name with a view to obtaining information about the health and welfare of a person from whom he or she has been separated as a consequence of an adoption.
(3) Application for entry in the register is to be made in a form approved by the Secretary.