Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994) 1994

Procedure after intimation to Registrar General or issue of extract S

67.32.—(1) After a certified copy of an interlocutor mentioned in rule 67.29 has been sent to the Registrar General for Scotland, the clerk of court or the Extractor, as the case may be, shall–

(a) place the whole process in an envelope bearing only–

(i) the name of the petitioner;

(ii) the full name of the child to whom the process relates; and

(iii) the date of the order; and

(b) seal the envelope and mark it “confidential”.

(2) No person shall open a process referred to in paragraph (1) or inspect its contents within 100 years after the date of the adoption order or the section 49 order, as the case may be, except–

(a) the person adopted under the order after he has reached the age of 17 years;

(b) any other person or body entitled under section 45(5) of the Act of 1978 to access to the registers and books kept under section 45(4) of that Act, with the written authority of the adopted person;

(c) the Deputy Principal Clerk or Extractor, as the case may be, on the written application to him by an adoption agency with the written agreement of the adopted person for the purpose of ascertaining the name of the adoption agency responsible for the placement of that person for adoption;

(d) by order of the court on an application made by petition presented by another court or authority (whether within the United Kingdom or not) having the power to authorise an adoption for the purpose of obtaining information in connection with an application to it for adoption;

(e) by order of the court on an application made by petition presented by any person; and

(f) a person who is authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to obtain information from the process for the purpose of research designed to improve the working of adoption law and practice.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 rule 67.32 in force at 5.9.1994, see para. 1(1)