ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 78 Adoption information register
ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 78
Adoption information register(1) The director-general must establish and maintain an adoption information register.
(2) The register must contain—
(a) the names and addresses of—
(i) adopted persons; and
(ii) birth parents of adopted persons; and
(iii) birth relatives of adopted persons; and
(iv) adoptive parents;
who have, in writing, requested the director-general to enter their names and addresses in the register; and
(b) in relation to each person so registered, notations recording the wishes of any such person about to—
(i) obtaining identifying information about, or contacting or providing information to; or
(ii) whether or not to release the name, address or any information about the person to;
another person whose name is, or may in the future be, entered in the adoption information register.
(3) The director-general must, on the written request of a person whose name is entered in the adoption information register, amend or cancel the entry relating to that person.