Adoption Regulation 2015

The relevant decision-maker must not disclose any confidential adoption information to any person not directly associated with the proceedings for the adoption of any child, except—

in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Act, or

in such circumstances as may be approved by the Minister, or

to the Children’s Guardian for the purposes only of the exercise of the Children’s Guardian’s functions under the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 or the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

A person to whom confidential adoption information is disclosed must not disclose it to any person, except—

in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Act, or

in such circumstances as may be approved by the Minister, or

for the purposes of the exercise of the Children’s Guardian’s functions under the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 or the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, or

with the consent of the person to whom it relates.

The person from whose care a child is transferred to a proposed adoptive parent or parents is not, by reason only of the transfer, entitled to receive information that will enable that person to identify or locate all or any of the parties to the adoption.

In this clause—

the name or address of the applicant for an adoption order or interim order in respect of a child, or

any other matter reasonably likely to enable that applicant, the child or the father or mother or a guardian of the child to be identified.