e parent’ means:  a person who has adopted a child, or has given notice under section 44 of the Act of their intention to do so, or  a person with whom an adoption agency has matched a child or has placed a child for adoption. A ‘related person’ in relation to an adoptive child means either:  a relative of the child (a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of full or half blood, or by marriage or civil partnership), or  any person with whom the local authority considers the child to have a beneficial relationship. This should reflect, the likelihood of the relationship continuing and the value to the child of its doing so, the security of the relationship and the ability of the person to meet the child’s needs and the wishes and feelings of the person regarding the child. 164 Provision of adoption support services 9.1. The provision of a range of adoption support services is a crucial element of the statutory framework introduced by the Act. This is based on the recognition that adoptive children and their families are likely to have a range of additional needs. For a discussion of these see Section 2 of the Practice Guidance on Assessing the Support Needs of Adoptive Families. Because of the lifelong effect of adoption, adults affected by adoption, including adopted people and their adoptive and birth family members, may have needs for support also, and this is recognised in the provision of section 3(1) of the Act which requires each local authority to maintain a service designed to meet the needs of all those affected. The Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005 (ASR) and this guidance focus largely on the needs of adoptive children and their adoptive families. It must be borne in mind that some of the support that may be needed by adopted adult