PART 1Adoption

CHAPTER 2The Adoption Service

The Adoption Service

6Adoption support services: duty to provide information

1

Except in prescribed circumstances, an adoption authority must provide the information specified in subsection (2) to—

a

any person who has contacted the adoption authority to request information about adopting a child;

b

any person who has informed the adoption authority that he or she wishes to adopt a child;

c

any person within the adoption authority’s area who the adoption authority is aware is a parent of an adopted child; and

d

any person within the adoption authority’s area who is a parent of an adopted child and has contacted the adoption authority to request any of the information specified in subsection (2).

2

The information is—

a

information about the adoption support services available to people in the adoption authority’s area;

b

information about the right to request an assessment under section 5 (assessments etc. for adoption support services), and the adoption authority’s duties under that section and regulations made under it; and

c

any other information prescribed by regulations.