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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-panel-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1410",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Panel and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-panel-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Children And Young Persons, England And Wales\nMade 28th May 2012\nLaid before Parliament 1st June 2012\nComing into force 1st September 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(1)(a), 84(3), 140(7) and (8), and 142(5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, and by section 1(1), (3)(a), (c) and (d), and (5) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, and after consultation with Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c.38. For the definition of “regulations” see section 144(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c.18. Section 1 is amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2011/1740."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "By section 16(1) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, any function of the Secretary of State under section 1 of that Act is exercisable only after consultation with Welsh Ministers."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1410/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}