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ADOPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 71

PART VI - Access to Information Division 1 - General 71. Restriction on access to records and reports

      (1) Except as provided in this Act and without derogating from the powers of the Ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 1978 –

(a) records of, or in the possession or under the control of, the Secretary or an agency relating to an adoption negotiated or arranged by the Secretary or an agency or a part of any such records; and

(b) a report to a court under section 24(1) or a corresponding previous enactment and the records of a court of, or relating to, proceedings, other than an order or decision of a court, under this Act or a corresponding previous enactment –

shall not be made available to, or be open for inspection by, any person.

      (2) Subsection (1) has effect notwithstanding that a copy of a report referred to in that subsection or of a part of any such report may be contained in records from which information may be available under this Part.


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