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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976/part-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976/part-IV.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/36",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976",
  "path": "part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "Status of Adopted Children",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Part IV (ss. 38-49): definition applied (5.4.1993) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48, SIF 20), s. 26(3), (with s. 9(2)); S.I. 1992/2644, art.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. IV extended (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 66(3), 148(1) (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:30:09.141788+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."
}