Eligibility

A relevant person

• an adopted person
• a person who is, or suspects they are, the subject of an illegal birth registration (pre-1980)
• a person who was nursed out or boarded out or suspects they may have been nursed out or boarded out (pre-1991)
• a person who does not fall into any of the above categories but who resided as a child in an institution (as outlined in the Act)

*The applicant must be over 16 years to apply for information under the Act and over 18 years to apply for a tracing service

Any birth relative

A birth relative of a relevant person

(parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, cousin)

A relevant person (only)

A relative of a relevant person

(by way of the relevant person's adoptive family) (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, cousin

A relevant person (only)

An adoptive parent

(of an adopted child under 18 years of age)

Any birth relative

(for the purposes of seeking or sharing information only)

(In this instance the views of the child are very important and evidence of their consent or agreement need to be obtained).