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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3266",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS\nMade 24th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 31st December 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3(1A), 9 and 27(2) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 28; section 3(1A) of the 1978 Act substituted by section 94 (brought into force for regulation making purposes by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 Commencement No. 3 Order 1996 S.I. 1996/ ) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36) (“the 1995 Act”); in section 9 subsection (2) was amended by paragraph 5(a) and subsection (3A) was inserted by paragraph 5(b), of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Act; and section 27(2) was substituted by paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3266/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."
}