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The Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1991
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These Regulations prescribe the manner in which an application is to be made by an adopted person for information enabling him to obtain a certified copy of the record of his birth (by regulation 2) or for information whether he and the person whom he intends to marry may be within the prohibited degrees of relationship under the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) (by Regulation 3).
These Regulations revoke (by regulation 4) the Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/1743) which are superseded by these Regulations.
The principal changes made by these Regulations occur in the application forms set out in Schedules 1 and 2, by which the adopted person may now apply to receive counselling outside England and Wales, whether in Scotland, Northern Ireland or outside the United Kingdom. These changes accord with amendments made to section 51 of the Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36) by paragraph 20 of Schedule 10 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41).
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