Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
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Provision of information to relevant person who has not attained age of 18 years | ||
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18. (1) Where the Authority is required, under section 8 (3) or (4)(b), 10 (5) or (6)(b), 12 (2), 14 (2)(a) or 15 to provide information or a provided item to a relevant person who has attained the age of 16 years but who has not attained the age of 18 years, it shall— | ||
(a) hold a meeting in accordance with subsection (2), and | ||
(b) at the meeting, or as soon as practicable after the meeting, provide the relevant person with the information or item concerned. | ||
(2) A meeting referred to in subsection (1)(a) is a meeting— | ||
(a) held between the relevant person concerned and a designated person, and | ||
(b) at which— | ||
(i) the relevant person may be accompanied by a person of his or her choosing, and | ||
(ii) the participants need not be in the one place, provided that each participant is able, directly or by means of electronic communications technology, to speak to, and to be heard by, the other participants. | ||
(3) The Agency and the Authority shall each provide the other body with such information as is necessary for the performance by the other body of its functions under this section. |