e adoption habitually 227 resident in England or Wales. See Schedule 1, paragraph 3 to the Act and regulation 3 of the Adopted Children and Contact Registers Regulations 2005. 12.12. The Registrar General runs the Adoption Contact Register, which puts adopted people and their adult birth relatives in touch with each other, if that is what they both want. The onus remains on the adopted person to take the first steps to make actual contact. The Registrar General may disclose information from the Adopted Children Register and the Adoption Contact Register to the adopted adult in order to obtain a certified copy of their birth certificate and to an intermediary agency to help find adopted adults or adult birth relatives – see chapters 10 and 11. 12.13. The Adopted Children and Contact Registers Regulations 2005 contain further details about the responsibilities and powers of the Registrar General in respect of both registers, as well as about their content and the requirements for applications to obtain information from the registers. 228 Chapter 13 Inter-country adoption To be inserted shortly 229 Annex A: Offences and penalties under the Act and regulations Below is a summary of the offences since 30 December 2005 under the Adoption and Children Act and regulations and the time limit within which proceedings may be brought. Time period within which proceedings may be brought Although offences under sections 9, 59, 93, 94 and 95 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the Act) are summary offences, section 138 of the Act extends the normal time limits. Proceedings for these offences may not be brought more than six years after the commission of the offence but subject to that may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opi