The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005

8.  In regulation 8 (veto by an adopted person)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) A veto applies in relation to an application under these Regulations or under corresponding English provision where—

(a) the subject is either the adopted person or a person with a prescribed relationship to the adopted person; and

(b) the adopted person has notified the appropriate adoption agency in writing that—

(i) he or she does not wish to be contacted by an intermediary agency in relation to an application under these Regulations; or

(ii) that he or she only wishes to be contacted under specified circumstances or by specified persons.”;

(b) omit paragraph (3); and

(c) at the end insert—

“(4) A veto which applies by virtue of a notification given before 10 November 2015 is deemed to apply to any application made by a relative of the adopted person under these Regulations.”