The Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005

Agreements for the disclosure of protected information

10.—(1) A prescribed agreement for the purpose of section 57(5) of the Act is—

(a) an agreement made between the adoption agency and a person aged 18 or over at the time the agreement is made as to the disclosure of protected information about that person; or

(b) an agreement made between the adoption agency and each of the following persons as to the disclosure of protected information about them or about the adopted person—

(i) the adoptive parent, or in the case of adoption by a copule, both adoptive parents, of the adoptive person;

(ii) each person who, before the adoption order was made, was a parent with parental responsibility for the adopted person.

(2) The adoption agency must keep a written record of any such agreement and that record must include—

(a) the full names and signatures of the persons who are parties;

(b) the date on which it is made;

(c) the reasons for making it;

(d) the information that may be disclosed in accordance with the agreement;

(e) any agreed restrictions on the circumstances in which information may be disclosed.