Meaning of “intermediary service” and “intermediary agency”U.K.
4.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations an intermediary service is a service provided for the purposes of—
[F1(a)assisting adopted persons to obtain information in relation to their adoption;
(b)facilitating contact between adopted persons and their relatives; and
(c)facilitating contact between persons with a prescribed relationship to an adopted person and relatives of the adopted person.]
(2) But an adoption agency does not provide an intermediary service for the purposes of these Regulations if it is the appropriate adoption agency in relation to an adopted person and only provides information in relation to that person’s adoption.
(3) A registered adoption support agency or an adoption agency that provides an intermediary service is referred to in these Regulations as an “intermediary agency”.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(1)(a)-(c) substituted for reg. 4(1)(a)(b) (31.10.2014) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 5
Commencement Information