101Entitlement of birth parent to information prescribed under section 136

101 Entitlement of birth parent to information prescribed under section 136

101 Entitlement of birth parent to information prescribed under section 136

Note.

This clause does not cover all information that a birth parent may be able to receive, or be supplied with, under the Act. See Divisions 4–6 of this Part.

(1) Information about adult adopted person A birth parent of an adopted person who is 18 or more years old is entitled to receive—

(a) any relevant information held by an information source about the physical and intellectual attributes, educational and vocational qualifications, social and cultural background, health and welfare, family and other relationships, religious beliefs, hobbies and interests of the adopted person or his or her adoptive parents that will give the birth parent knowledge of the adopted person’s life after adoption, and

(b) any of the following information held by an information source—

(i) birth details (including the time of birth and weight and length of the person at birth),

(ii) date of placement for adoption,

(iii) date of adoption order,

(iv) copy of the instrument of consent to the adoption and of any associated documents relating to the social and medical history of the adopted person provided by a birth parent,

(v) copy of the request to make arrangements for the adoption,

(vi) copy of adoption order or memorandum of adoption (or both),

(vii) copies of medical reports and examinations of the adopted person made before the date of the adoption order,

(viii) any document certifying particulars of the marriage or death of the adopted person,

(ix) any message relating to the adopted person and adoptive family given to the information source for the birth parent if clause 112 is complied with,

(x) any other document, report, photograph or recording relating to the adopted person.

(2) Information about adopted person who is a child A birth parent is entitled to receive the following information about an adopted person who is less than 18 years old held by an information source—