ication. For example, where the subject of an application has registered a wish for no contact with the applicant on the Adoption Contact Register, the intermediary agency may decide, based on that entry, not to proceed further with the application. Nevertheless, the agency should advise the applicant that the subject might change their mind in the future and that if the applicant registered on the Adoption Contact Register, they would be notified if this were to occur. There may also be information on the relevant adoption case record to indicate that proceeding with the application could place the applicant (or the subject) at risk of harm. 10.27. Many adopted people have already sought some information about their adoption before deciding that they wish to pursue contact with a relative. Some adopted people will have undertaken their own research and established the current identity and whereabouts of the person with whom they are seeking to establish contact. In such cases, they may apply to an intermediary agency to make the initial approach to that person. It is important, therefore, that on receipt of an application the intermediary agency establishes, as far as possible, what information the applicant already holds, what steps they have taken to trace the person(s) with whom they are seeking contact and their expectations in relation to possible contact. This will be an important part of the preparatory work with any applicant, and still assist the agency in deciding whether to initiate the further enquiries needed to proceed with the application. 192 10.28. Where the intermediary agency is not the AAA, ISR 12 requires it to establish if an adoption agency was involved in the adoption and, if so, to identify the AAA. It is then required to ascertain the adoption