{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-16",
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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": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Appropriate steps as soon as practicable by adoption society",
  "text": "As soon as is reasonably practicable after making a decision to proceed under regulation 15(2) as though the agreement is unlikely to be forthcoming, or from the date of receipt of a notification under regulation 15(3), an approved adoption society shall take such steps, if any, in relation to the case as they consider appropriate and in the interests of the child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3266/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:29.144959+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."
}