Adoption Act 2009

This section applies to a request by the applicant under section 256 for pre-adoption information about the adopted child.

The chief executive must give the applicant any information held by the chief executive about the identity of a person who may be the adopted child’s biological father but who is not considered a birth parent of the adopted child because of section 250.

If the chief executive gives information under subsection (2), the chief executive must also give the applicant a notice stating the identity of the adopted child’s biological father is not confirmed and, if appropriate in the circumstances, the reasons why the information is not confirmed.