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ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 267
Request by pre-adoption sibling
267 Request by pre-adoption sibling
(1) An adult person (the
"applicant" ) may ask the chief executive for information about the adopted
person if— (a) the applicant would be a sibling of the adopted person if the
adoption had not happened; and
(b) the applicant is not also an adopted
person.
(2) The chief executive may give information in compliance with the
request only if written consent is given by the adopted person.
(3) Subject
to subsection (2) , the chief executive must comply with the request by giving
the person any of the following held by the chief executive— (a) the adopted
person’s date of birth;
(b) the adopted person’s last known name;
(c)
each address of the adopted person;
(d) a prescribed document.
(4) If an
adopted person gives consent, it may relate to all the information under
subsection (3) or to all the information other than the adopted person’s
last known name or any address of the adopted person.
(5) If an adopted
person has died, an adult relative of the person may give the consent.
(6) If
an adopted person does not have capacity to consent, a guardian or adult
relative of the person may give the consent.
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