Amendments to the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005

5.  In regulation 12 (contacting the appropriate adoption agency)—

(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) The steps referred to in paragraph (1) may include—

(a) requesting in writing from the Registrar General any information under regulation 13 that may be relevant for that purpose;

(b) requesting in writing from the court that made the adoption order information about the identity of the appropriate adoption agency;

(c) making enquiries of the local authority for the area where the adoption took place.”;

(b) in paragraph (3) after “the intermediary agency must” insert “take all reasonable steps to”;

(c) in paragraph (4) after “from it under paragraph (3)” insert “or under corresponding Welsh provision”;

(d) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) “Intermediary agency” for the purposes of paragraph (4) includes an intermediary agency as defined under corresponding Welsh provision.”.