Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Adoption Chapter 5 - The Registers Section 81: Adoption Contact Register: supplementary
213.Section 81 provides that the Adoption Contact Register is not to be open to public inspection or search. Section 81(2) defines relatives.  This definition will include, for example, parents, siblings, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces including half blood or by marriage.