ption order has been made, for example, where the adoptive parents have contacted the agency to request an assessment for adoption support services, including financial support;  any information that the adopted person has requested should be kept. This might include the adopted person’s views as to the disclosure of information about themselves or a formal expression of their wish for contact, or no contact, with their birth parents or other birth relatives. This regulation also covers any general correspondence that the adopted person may have with the agency after the adoption order has been made;  any information given to the adoption agency by the Registrar General that would enable an adopted person to obtain a certified copy of their birth certificate. This information would be sought by the agency if it receives a request from the adopted adult but does not hold the information. See section 79(5) of the Act;  any information given to the adoption agency by the Registrar General about an entry relating to the adopted person on the Adoption Contact Register;  any information required to be recorded in accordance with AIR 10, 14 or 18;  the record of any agreement for the disclosure or non-disclosure of protected information about an individual under AIR 11. 11.11. AIR 4.4 provides the agency with the discretion not to keep information supplied under paragraph (3)(a) to (c) if it considers that it would be prejudicial to the adopted person’s welfare to keep it or if it considers that it was not reasonably practicable to do so. For example, the agency may decide not to keep an item `supplied by a birth parent where it considers that the material is inappropriate or vexatious or where it was unreasonable to expect the agency to store the item because it was too 