tact 186 with them, i.e. in relation to an adopted person, any person who (but for their adoption) would be related to them by full and half-blood, or by marriage or civil partnership (section 98(7) of the Act). An adopted person aged 18 or over, who was adopted prior to 30 December 2005, has the right to request an intermediary service to trace and facilitate contact with a birth relative. An adult birth relative of an adopted person has the corresponding right where they wish to trace and establish contact with an adopted adult. 10.4. Unlike birth relatives, adopted people have a long established right to obtain information about their adoption and family history. Schedule 2 of the Act preserves the legal right of an adopted person, on reaching age 18, to apply to the Registrar General for the information needed to obtain a certified copy of their birth certificate. Schedule 2 replaces the previous access to birth records provision at section 51 of the Adoption Act 1976. Adopted people may also apply to the appropriate adoption agency (AAA) for access to their adoption records. This is likely to include identifying information about their birth parents and, possibly, others who were involved in their adoption. See paragraph 16 for the definition of `appropriate adoption agency` and `identifying information`. 10.5. An adoption agency has the discretion under the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 (the 1983 Regulations) to disclose the information it considers appropriate to an adopted person. This enables adoption agencies to provide adopted adults with the information they need about their family history and origins. This recognises that some adopted adults have no wish for contact with former relatives but do wish to receive information about their family history and