ires 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 agency’s views on the application and any proposed contact between the applicant and the subject of the application. It is possible that another agency involved in the placement (in the case of an interagency placement), or the provision of adoption support (where the adoptive family lives outside the area of the placing agency) may have information that has not been shared with the AAA. The AAA may wish to ascertain from such an agency whether they hold information that would be relevant to the enquiry of the intermediary agency. 10.29. The adoption agency may express the view, based on the information it holds, that proceeding with the application could be harmful to the welfare of the applicant or the subject of the application. The intermediary agency must have regard to those views. The adoption agency will be best placed to provide advice to the intermediary agency based on the information it holds. If the subject of the application is an adopted person who has registered a veto, the agency will be bound by the terms of the veto. The intermediary agency may also seek information held by the Registrar General on the Adoption Contact Register to help inform its decision as to whether to proceed with the application. 10.30. ISR 12 sets out the enquiries that the intermediary agency must make of the AAA. In the majority of cases the intermediary agency will be best placed to deal with the case, and to form a view on the appropriateness of proceeding, if it receives from the AAA not only its views on the application, but the reasons for those views, with information supporting the reasoning. This will also be essential t