Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If the CEO
receives a request for current non-identifying information (which may include
medical information) from —
(a) an
adoptee who is 18 or more years of age, as to a birth parent of the adoptee or
a sibling of the adoptee who is 18 or more years of age;
(b) an
adoptee’s birth parent, as to the adoptee if the adoptee is 18 or more
years of age or the adoptee’s adoptive parent;
(c) an
adoptee’s adoptive parent, as to a birth parent of the adoptee or a
sibling of the adoptee who is 18 or more years of age; or
(d) a
sibling, who is 18 or more years of age, of the adoptee, as to the adoptee if
the adoptee is 18 or more years of age or the adoptee’s adoptive parent,
the CEO may approach
the person in relation to whom the information is requested and indicate the
nature of the requested information.
(2) If a person is
approached by the CEO under subsection (1), the person may decline to
provide some or all of the requested information.
(3) In this section,
sibling has the same meaning as in section 81(1)(c).
[Section 109 amended by No. 34 of 2004
Sch. 2 cl. 2(8).]
[Heading amended by No. 34 of 2004
Sch. 2 cl. 2(7).]