Cap. 495 Art. 7Establishment of the central authority.

(1) There shall be a central authority designated by the

Minister to perform and fulfil the functions, duties and responsibilities set out by Title III of Book First of the Civil Code, the Hague Convention, the provisions of this Act and any regulations issued thereunder.

(2) The central authority may delegate to an accredited agency any of its functions, duties and responsibilities which are not regulatory and which do not involve the granting, refusal or revocation of accreditation. The accredited agency shall be responsible to exercise such functions, duties and, or responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(3) The central authority shall keep a register, to be known as "the Reunion and Information Register", with the contact details of persons over the age of eighteen years who have been a party to adoption proceedings or who are relatives by consanguinity up to the third degree inclusively, of a person who was a party to adoption proceedings, and who request to be included in this register by filling in the form approved and provided for by the central authority. No information found in this Register shall be given to any person without the prior written consent of the person whose details are requested, which consent may be obtained at any point in the proceedings.