Adoption Regulation 2015

An adopted person is entitled to receive—

any non-identifying background information held by an information source about his or her birth parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt or uncle that will give the adopted person knowledge of his or her origins, and

any of the following information about the adopted person held by an information source—

birth details (including the time of birth and weight and length at birth),

date on which the adopted person was placed with the adoptive parents,

date of the adoption order,

a copy of the adoption order or memorandum of adoption (or both),

a copy of the instrument of consent to the adoption and any associated documents relating to the social and medical history of the adopted person provided by a birth parent,

a copy of the request by the consenting birth parent to make arrangements for the adoption,

the reason an adoption decision was made by the birth parents for the adopted person (as stated by the birth parents or recorded by the information source before the adoption order was made),

copies of reports of any medical examinations of the adopted person carried out before the adoption order was made,

any document certifying particulars of the birth, marriage or death of a birth parent,

any message given to the information source for the adopted person if clause 112 is complied with,

any other document, report, photograph or recording relating to the adopted person that contains information about his or her origins.

In addition, an adopted person is entitled to receive—

any non-identifying background information held by an information source about his or her non-adopted sibling or adopted brother or sister that will give the adopted person knowledge of that non-adopted sibling or adopted brother or sister’s life, and

any of the following information about his or her non-adopted sibling or adopted brother or sister held by an information source—

any document certifying particulars of the birth, marriage or death of a non-adopted sibling or an adopted brother or sister,

any other document, report, photograph or recording relating to a non-adopted sibling or an adopted brother or sister that contains information about that person’s life.

An adopted person is also entitled to receive any of the following information held by an information source about his or her adopted brother or sister—

the adoptive name of the adopted brother or sister,

date and place of birth,

date on which the adopted brother or sister was placed with his or her adoptive parents,

date of the adoption order,

a copy of the adoption order or memorandum of adoption (or both),

the following details concerning the adoptive parents of the adopted brother or sister—

age,

nationality,

ethnic background,

occupation,

hobbies and interests,

religion,

composition of adoptive family (including number of children and their age and sex).

Despite subclauses (1)–(3), an adopted person is not entitled to receive information that identifies any other person unless the adopted person is otherwise entitled to receive the information under the Act or an access policy.