§ 71 — Disclosure of information to and by Guardian-in-Adoption or authorised adoption agency, etc.

71.—(1) Subsections (2) to (5) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.(2) The Guardian-in-Adoption may disclose to an authorised adoption agency any information received by the Guardian‑in‑Adoption under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the authorised adoption agency to perform a function or discharge a duty of the authorised adoption agency under this Act.

(3) An authorised adoption agency may disclose to the Guardian‑in‑Adoption any information received by the authorised adoption agency under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Guardian‑in‑Adoption to perform a function or discharge a duty of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption under this Act.

(4) A body or person specified in subsection (6) may disclose to the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or an authorised adoption agency any information, where the disclosure is for —(a)

the purpose of enabling or assisting the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) to perform a function or discharge a duty of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under this Act; or

(b)

any purpose connected with the performance of a function or the discharge of a duty of the other body or person under any written law.

(5) The Guardian-in-Adoption or an authorised adoption agency may disclose to a body or person specified in subsection (6) any information received by the Guardian-in-Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for —(a)

the purpose of enabling or assisting the body or person to perform a function or discharge a duty of that body or person (as the case may be) under or for the purposes of any written law; or

(b)

any purpose connected with the performance of any of the functions or the discharge of any of the duties of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under this Act.

(6) The bodies and persons for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) are as follows:(a)

any Government department;

(b)

any statutory body;

(c)

any authorised officer;

(d)

any police officer;

(e)

any other body or person that may be prescribed by the regulations.

(7) Nothing in this section is to be construed as affecting any power of disclosure apart from this section.

—(1) Subsections (2) to (5) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.

(2) The Guardian-in-Adoption may disclose to an authorised adoption agency any information received by the Guardian‑in‑Adoption under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the authorised adoption agency to perform a function or discharge a duty of the authorised adoption agency under this Act.

(3) An authorised adoption agency may disclose to the Guardian‑in‑Adoption any information received by the authorised adoption agency under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Guardian‑in‑Adoption to perform a function or discharge a duty of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption under this Act.

(4) A body or person specified in subsection (6) may disclose to the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or an authorised adoption agency any information, where the disclosure is for —(a)

the purpose of enabling or assisting the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) to perform a function or discharge a duty of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under this Act; or

(b)

any purpose connected with the performance of a function or the discharge of a duty of the other body or person under any written law.

(5) The Guardian-in-Adoption or an authorised adoption agency may disclose to a body or person specified in subsection (6) any information received by the Guardian-in-Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under or for the purposes of this Act, where the disclosure is for —(a)

the purpose of enabling or assisting the body or person to perform a function or discharge a duty of that body or person (as the case may be) under or for the purposes of any written law; or

(b)

any purpose connected with the performance of any of the functions or the discharge of any of the duties of the Guardian‑in‑Adoption or authorised adoption agency (as the case may be) under this Act.

(6) The bodies and persons for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) are as follows:(a)

any Government department;

(b)

any statutory body;

(c)

any authorised officer;

(d)

any police officer;

(e)

any other body or person that may be prescribed by the regulations.

(7) Nothing in this section is to be construed as affecting any power of disclosure apart from this section.