{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-information-post-commencement-adoptions-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-information-post-commencement-adoptions-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/2689",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-information-post-commencement-adoptions-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations —\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n“the Adoption Agencies Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Asiantaethau Mabsysiadu”) means the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005;\n“adopters” (“mabwysiadwyr”) in the case of an adoption by one person means that person;\n“birth parent” (“rhiant geni”) in relation to an adopted person means a person who, but for the adoption, would be his or her parent;\n“birth relative” (“perthynas geni”) in relation to an adopted person means a person who, but for the adoption, would be related to him or her by blood (including half blood) or marriage;\n“CAFCASS” (“CAFCASS”) means the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service;\n“registered adoption support agency” (“asiantaeth cefnogi mabwysiadu gofrestredig”) means an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000;\n“section 56 information” (“gwybodaeth adran 56”) means information prescribed by regulation 3;\n“the registration authority” (“yr awdurdod cofrestru”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“Welsh family proceedings officer” (“swyddog achosion teuluol ar gyfer Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 35(4) of the Children Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1313."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 11 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2004 c. 31."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2019/1458",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1892",
      "affecting_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2019/237",
      "affecting_title": "The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2689/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:39.995833+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}