 views of the adoption agency in deciding whether to proceed, or continue proceeding, with the application. 10.74. Having considered the adoption agency’s views on the application, together with the other matters set out at ISR 6, if the intermediary agency decides to proceed with the application it may then seek the disclosure of certain information from the adoption agency. ISR 12.3.c permits the intermediary agency to seek the information it requires for the purposes of:  counselling and preparation of the applicant;  tracing the subject of the application;  enabling the subject to make an informed decision as to whether they consent to the disclosure of identifying information to the applicant or possible contact;  counselling the subject, in the relation to the consent decision. 10.75. The AAA is required by ISR 12.4 to take reasonable steps to provide the intermediary agency with the information it has requested for the purposes listed above. Where the information requested is clearly not relevant to the purposes set out in ISR 12.3.c the AAA is under no obligation to provide it. It is important that the agency respond quickly to the request for information; there is a risk that an applicant, particularly an adopted person who already knows the identity of birth family members, frustrated by the delay in providing the information, may decide to bypass the intermediary agency and attempt direct contact themselves. The AAA should make clear to the intermediary agency any conditions or restrictions that the agency may have imposed in respect of the continued safekeeping or onward disclosure of that information. Obtaining information from the Registrar General: ISR 13 and 14 10.76. ISR 13 permits an intermediary agency to seek further information from the Registra