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Adoption Regulation 2015
121Leaving and delivery of messages
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#### 121 Leaving and delivery of messages
121 Leaving and delivery of messages
> > (1) A person may leave a message by—
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> > > (a) leaving it at an address specified by the Secretary, or
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> > > (b) sending it by post to an address specified by the Secretary, or
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> > > (c) sending it by email to an email address specified by the Secretary.
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> > (2) The Secretary—
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> > > (a) is to offer to deliver the message to the person for whom it has been left on entry of the person’s name in the Reunion and Information Register if the person is willing to receive the message, or
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> > > (b) if the person’s name is not entered in the Register or if the person for whom it has been left refuses to accept the message, is, if reasonably practicable, to return the message to the person who left it.
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> > (3) The Secretary may deliver a message—
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> > > (a) by delivering it to the person for whom it has been left by post to the address entered on the Register or by email to the email address entered on the Register, or
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> > > (b) if the person for whom it has been left advises the Secretary that he or she wishes to collect the message personally or to authorise another person to collect the message, by delivering it to the person or the other person authorised to collect it.
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> > (4) The Secretary must not give a person a message that the Secretary has opened and inspected and that the Secretary knows identifies, or believes could be used to identify, the person who left the message, or a relative of the person, unless the person who left the message has given consent (either at the time of leaving the message or at a later time) to the identifying information being given.