ily proceedings officer in the discharge of their duties under the Act. This will apply to records held under the AAR prior to the making of an adoption order. The duties of the CAFCASS officer are set out in section 102 of the Act. Section 103 provides that they may exercise a right of access to adoption agency records to fulfil their duties under the Act. This includes safeguarding the child’s rights in an application for a placement order, or if they are appointed to do so in an application for an adoption order, submitting reports to the court relating to the child’s welfare if so ordered, and witnessing consent to the making of an adoption order. The CAFCASS officer has no right to see the adoption case records when witnessing consent to placement under section 19 of the Act; the information necessary for the CAFCASS officer to fulfil their duty will be supplied by the agency under AAR 20.  To the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales for an inquiry held by him under section 2 of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005. Similar considerations will apply here as in a request from the English Local Government Ombudsman.  To a fostering service provider within fifteen working days of a request under regulation 26(1A)(f) of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011. 6.17. AAR 42 also makes it clear that the agency must disclose information from its case records to the extent specified in other parts of the AAR. This would include, for example:  notifying the child’s parents of the agency’s decision that the child should be placed for adoption under AAR 19; 116  notifying the prospective adopter of the agency’s decision to approve them or not as suitable to adopt under AAR 30B;  where a prospective adopter requests a review by an independent review pan