(3) For the avoidance of doubt, an adopted person shall not be entitled to inherit from or through his or her natural parents if they die intestate. 54. Adopted children register. The registrar of births and deaths shall maintain an adopted children register in which shall be registered particulars of adoptions under this Act. 55. Disclosure of adoption. (1) Where a child has attained the age of eighteen years, or, at an earlier age, on the child’s own request or at the discretion of the adopter, the child shall be informed by the adopter of the identity of his or her natural parents unless it is not in the child’s best interests to do so. (2) The adopter parent shall inform the child that he or she is adopted as soon as the child is of an age of understanding. PART VIII—APPROVED HOMES. 56. Minister to approve homes. A Government or nongovernmental home set up for the purposes of caring for children shall first be approved by the Minister as fit for that purpose. 57. Admission of children to home. An approved home shall only receive children in the following two ways— (a) in an emergency situation from a police officer, a probation and social welfare officer or any other person for a maximum period of forty-eight hours pending production of the child in court; or (b) on an interim care order or a care order. 58. Purpose of an approved home. (1) An approved home shall provide substitute family care for a child until such time as the parents of the child are able to provide adequate care to meet his or her basic needs or the child completes three years in the home or attains the age of eighteen years, whichever is earlier.