{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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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": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the court makes an order (called a “freeing order”):\nyour responsibilities and rights as a parent or guardian will be transferred to the adoption agency;\nthe adoption agency will then proceed to make arrangements for the child to be placed for adoption as quickly as possible;\nyou will no longer be required to contribute financially to the upkeep of your child;\nthe person wishing to adopt your child will apply to the court in due course and the court, if on investigation considers that this is in your child’s best interests, will make an adoption order without being required to consult you first.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3266/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}