Regulations under section 9 may make provision for the purpose of—
Regulations under section 9 may make provision for the purpose of facilitating contact between persons with a prescribed relationship to a person adopted before the appointed day and that person's relatives.
For a purpose within subsection (1) or (1A) the regulations may confer functions on—
For a purpose within subsection (1) or (1A) the regulations may—
and may impose conditions on the disclosure of information, including conditions restricting its further disclosure.
The regulations may authorise the charging of prescribed fees by any person mentioned in subsection (2) or in respect of the disclosure of information under subsection (3)(b).
An authorisation or requirement to disclose information by virtue of subsection (3)(a) has effect in spite of any restriction on the disclosure of information in Chapter 5.
The making of regulations by virtue of subsections (2) to (4) which relate to the Registrar General requires the approval of the Secretary of State.
In this section—
“appointed day” means the day appointed for the commencement of sections 56 to 65,
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 9;
“registered adoption support agency” means— in relation to England, an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), orin relation to Wales, an adoption support agency registered as an adoption service under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2);
“relative”, in relation to an adopted person, means any person who (but for his adoption) would be related to him by blood (including half-blood) , marriage or civil partnership.