ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 77 Family information service
ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 77
Family information service(1) The Minister must establish and maintain within the relevant administrative unit a service to be known as the family information service.
(2) The director-general is responsible for the administration of the service.
(3) The function of the service is to—
(a) advise people about the provisions of this part; and
(b) make arrangements for the provision of counselling in relation to applications under this part; and
(c) supervise the taking of and keep declarations made under section 73; and
(d) receive applications for information under this part; and
(e) subject to and in accordance with this part, facilitate the provision of information to a person whose name is entered in the adoption information register maintained under section 78.