New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ADOPTION REGULATION 2003 - REG 45F

45F Entitlement of non-adopted sibling-information prescribed under section 133G

(1) A non-adopted sibling of an adopted person is entitled to receive:

(a) any non-identifying background information held by an information source about an adopted person or his or her adoptive parents and adoptive family that will give the non-adopted sibling knowledge of the adopted person’s life, and

(b) any of the following information about the adopted person held by an information source:

(i) date on which the adopted person was placed with the adoptive parents,

(ii) date of the adoption order,

(iii) a copy of the adoption order or memorandum of adoption (or both),

(iv) any document certifying particulars of the birth, marriage or death of the adopted person,

(v) any message given to the information source for the non-adopted sibling if clause 57 is complied with,

(vi) any other document, report, photograph or recording relating to the adopted person’s life.

(2) Information relating to the health and welfare of an adopted person after placement for adoption is non-identifying background information for the purposes of subclause (1) only if:

(a) the information source holding the information is the Department or an accredited adoption service provider, or

(b) the information is information referred to in clause 51 (1).

(3) Despite subclause (1), a non-adopted sibling is not entitled to receive information that identifies any other person unless the non-adopted sibling is otherwise entitled to receive the information under the Act or an access policy.