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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Preservation of case records",
  "text": "An adoption agency must keep the child's case record and the prospective adopter's case record for such period as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/389/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:30.220847+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."
}