{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/36",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-act-1976",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Pensions.",
  "text": "Section 39(2) does not affect entitlement to a pension which is payable to or for the benefit of a child and is in payment at the time of his adoption.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/section/48",
    "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."
}