Adoption Regulations 2019

For the purposes of section 15(1)(b) of the Act, the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency must—

ensure that the parent is given an opportunity to express in writing the parent's wishes in relation to the religion, race or ethnic background of the proposed adoptive parent or adoptive parents of the child; and

make a record of those wishes in Form 2 of Schedule 1.

For the purposes of section 15(1)(c) of the Act, the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency must—

ensure that, after consent is given or dispensed with, the parent is given an opportunity to express in writing the parent's wishes in relation to access to the child and information about the child; and

make a record of those wishes in Form 3 of Schedule 1.