(a) "adopted person" means a person
who is adopted under an adoption order made prior
to January 1, 2005;
(b) "parent" means a biological parent
and an adoptive parent under a previous adoption
order.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), on receiving a written
request from an adopted person who is 18 years of
age or older, a descendant of a deceased adopted person
or a parent of an adopted person, the Minister may
release to the person making the request the information
in the orders, certificates and documents sealed under
section 74.1(2) other than personal information about
an individual who is neither the adopted person nor
a parent of the adopted person.
(3) The Minister shall not accept a request under
subsection (2) from a parent of an adopted person
unless the adopted person is 18 years and 6 months
of age or older.
(4) Despite subsection (2), if an adopted person
who is 18 years of age or older or a parent of the
adopted person has, prior to the date of the request
under subsection (2), registered with the Minister
a veto in a form satisfactory to the Minister prohibiting
the release of personal information in the orders,
certificates and documents sealed under section 74.1(2),
the Minister shall not release the personal information
unless the veto is revoked.
(5) A person who registers a veto under subsection
(4) may revoke the veto by providing written notice
of the revocation to the Minister.
(6) A veto registered under subsection (4) is revoked
when the person who registered the veto is deceased.
(7) Despite subsections (2) and (4), the Minister
may disclose to
(a) an adopted person who is 18 years of age or
older,
(b) a descendant of a deceased adopted person, and
(c) an adopted child who is 16 years of age or older
who is, in the opinion of the Minister, living independently
from the child's guardian,
the birth surname of the adopted person if the adoption
order relating to that person did not disclose it.
(8) Despite subsection (2), if the Minister receives
proof, satisfactory to the Minister, that all the
parents of an adopted person are deceased, the Minister
may release to the adopted person or a descendant
of the adopted person all the personal information
in the orders, certificates and documents sealed under
section 74.1(2), including personal information about
individuals who are neither the adopted person nor
a parent.
