adoption agency under ISR 8, the adoption agency must first take steps to verify that the person seeking to register the veto is the adopted person. Any veto must be an `informed veto`. Therefore, before any veto may be registered the agency must also be satisfied that the adopted person fully understands the implications of so doing, particularly where they wish to register an absolute veto. The agency should explore fully with them their reasons for wishing to register a veto and should explain clearly the effect of doing so. The agency must also make clear to the adopted person their right to amend or withdraw the veto at any time and the steps to be taken should they wish to do so. The agency should consider the adopted person’s need for counselling in respect of any decision to register, amend or retract any veto, whether absolute or qualified. 10.53. A formal veto is not a life-long veto but will remain in place until such a time as it is amended or retracted by the adopted person. An absolute veto under ISR 8.1.b.i will prevent an intermediary agency from making an approach on behalf of a birth relative under these regulations. So, for example, where the birth relative wished to establish contact with the adopted adult because of a possible hereditary medical condition, the intermediary agency would be precluded from proceeding with an application under these regulations by virtue of ISR 8.3. In such cases, the AAA could pass on the medical information supplied by the birth relative to the adopted person where it considers it appropriate to do so. The agency must be fully satisfied that the circumstances are sufficiently exceptional to warrant contacting the adopted person to pass on this information. In exceptional cases, a person may also make an application to