ter maintained by the Registrar General. Section 80 of the Act enhanced the role of the Adoption Contact Register so that an adopted adult or a birth relative may formally register a wish for no contact or for contact. An adopted person may also specify those birth relatives with whom they do or do not wish to have contact. ISR 6.2 requires an intermediary agency to have regard to any information which it has obtained from the Adoption Contact Register in informing its discretion as to whether to proceed, or continue proceeding, with an application. 10.49. There will be some cases where an adopted adult has no wish for contact or to be approached by an intermediary agency on behalf of a birth relative. There will also be cases where the adopted person only wishes to be approached on behalf of a specified birth relative or in specified circumstances. In such cases, ISR 8.1 enables the adopted person to register a formal veto with the AAA. 10.50. An adopted adult may formally register an absolute or a qualified veto. An absolute veto would prevent an intermediary agency from making an approach in 197 any circumstances. However, a qualified veto would enable the intermediary agency to make an approach on behalf of a birth relative specified by the adopted person or in circumstances specified by the adopted person, for example, where there was information about a hereditary medical condition. 10.51. This provision is intended to ensure that where an adopted person has no wish to be approached by an intermediary agency, that wish for privacy is respected. 10.52. Where an adopted person wishes to register a formal veto with the 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. A