 the birth parents or other birth relatives whom the agency considers will be beneficial to the adoptive parents in the care and upbringing of the child. This may be particularly 212 relevant where the child has no contact with the birth parents or any ongoing links with the birth family. 11.24. Where the agency exercises its discretion to disclose background information to any person, it must take care to ensure that background information, disclosed in isolation, does not identify a person when linked with other information previously disclosed by the agency. This is one reason why the agency is required by AIR 10 to make a written record of the disclosure of any background information by virtue of AIR 8.1. 11.25. AIR 8.2.a permits an adoption agency to disclose section 56 information, including protected information, to an adoption support agency (ASA) or an adoption agency which provides services in connection with any of its functions under section 61 or 62 of the Act. Where an adoption agency has received an application for the disclosure of protected information under sections 61 or 62 of the Act, and the agency has determined to proceed with the application, it is required to take certain steps before making a determination as to whether the information being sought should be disclosed. These steps include seeking the views of any person the information is about as to the disclosure of that information. This could require the agency to engage in research work, to use the information it holds, and possibly to gather additional information, such as purchasing certificates from the Registrar General, to enable it to trace a person and seek their views. 11.26. Depending on the circumstances of each case, the adoption agency may wish to make an arrangement with an AS