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Section 129: Disclosure of information

Adoption and Children Act 2002 · 2002 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is omitted
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part 3: Miscellaneous and final provisions — Chapter 1: Miscellaneous

OMITTED FROM CURRENT TEXT on 2014-05-13 by Children and Families Act 2014.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

Information entered in the register, or compiled from information entered in the register, may only be disclosed under subsection (2) or (3).

Prescribed information entered in the register may be disclosed by the Secretary of State or the registration organisation—

where an adoption agency is acting on behalf of a child who is suitable for adoption, to the agency to assist in finding prospective adopters with whom it would be appropriate for the child to be placed,
where an adoption agency is acting on behalf of prospective adopters who are suitable to adopt a child, to the agency to assist in finding a child appropriate for adoption by them.

Prescribed information entered in the register, or compiled from information entered in the register, may be disclosed by the Secretary of State or the registration organisation to any prescribed person for use for statistical or research purposes, or for other prescribed purposes.

An Order under section 125 may prescribe the steps to be taken by adoption agencies in respect of information received by them by virtue of subsection (2).

Subsection (1) does not apply —

to a disclosure of information with the authority of the Secretary of State, or
to a disclosure by the registration organisation of prescribed information to the Scottish Ministers (if the register applies to Scotland) or the Assembly (if the register applies to Wales).

Information disclosed to any person under subsection (2) or (3) may be given on any prescribed terms or conditions.

An Order under section 125 may, in prescribed circumstances, require a prescribed fee to be paid to the Secretary of State or the registration organisation—

by a prescribed adoption agency in respect of information disclosed under subsection (2), or
by a person to whom information is disclosed under subsection (3).

If any information entered in the register is disclosed to a person in contravention of subsection (1), the person disclosing it is guilty of an offence.

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (8) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

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