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12. In the following provisions of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, for “the Chancellor of the Exchequer” substitute “the Secretary of State”—
(a)section 78(3) (searches and copies);
(b)section 79(9) (connections between the register and birth records);
(c)section 81(4) (Adoption Contact Register: supplementary);
(d)section 98(6) (pre-commencement adoptions: information);
(e)section 142(7) (supplementary and consequential provision);
(f)paragraph 1(1) and 3(6)(a) of Schedule 1 (registration of adoptions);
(g)paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (disclosure of birth records by Registrar General).