PART 3Miscellaneous and supplementary
Northern Ireland Adoption and Children Act Register
149Search and inspection of the register by prospective adopters
1
Regulations may make provision enabling prospective adopters who are suitable to adopt a child to search and inspect the register, for the purposes of assisting them to find a child for whom they would be appropriate adopters.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision enabling prospective adopters to search and inspect only prescribed parts of the register, or prescribed content on the register.
3
Access to the register for the purpose of searching and inspecting it may be granted on any prescribed terms and conditions.
4
Regulations may prescribe the steps to be taken by prospective adopters in respect of information received by them as a result of searching or inspecting the register.
5
Regulations may make provision requiring prospective adopters, in prescribed circumstances, to pay a prescribed fee to the Department or the registration organisation in respect of searching or inspecting the register.