{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3266",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Cessation as approved adoption society",
  "text": "(1) An approved adoption society which intends to cease to act as an adoption society shall notify the Secretary of State in writing of such intention at least 3 months before the intended date of such cessation.\n(2) An approved adoption society which has ceased to act as an adoption society shall notify the Secretary of State in writing that it has ceased so to act, as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}