Adoption Regulation 2015

An application may be made to the Secretary by an adopted person who is 18 or more years old, a birth parent of such a person or a relative, spouse or other person referred to in section 137 of the Act for the Secretary to supply—

a statement as to whether a veto objecting to contact by the person with an adopted person or a birth parent has been entered in the Contact Veto Register, and

if a contact veto has been entered, details of the relationship of the person who lodged the contact veto to the applicant, and

if a message has been left for the applicant by the person who has lodged the contact veto, a copy of the message.

An application—

is to be made in the form approved by the Secretary, and

is to be accompanied by proof (to the satisfaction of the Secretary) of the identity of the applicant.

The Secretary is not to supply any information under this clause if, in the opinion of the Secretary, the information could be used to identify the person who objects to contact or a parent, brother or sister of that person, except with the consent of the person.