{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-10.json",
  "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/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Your rights if you do not sign a “Declaration”",
  "text": "If the adoption agency has not been able to place your child with adopters within the 12 month period, you have the right to ask the court to revoke the freeing order. The adoption agency can also make such an application anytime after the freeing order is made. If the court agrees to do this as being in the best interests of your child, the responsibilities and rights of a parent are awarded to whoever the court considers most appropriate. Any duties relating to payments towards your child’s maintenance which were extinguished by the freeing order will be automatically revived on the date when the court revokes that order. During the period when the court is considering your application the adoption agency will not be able to place your child for adoption without the court’s permission.",
  "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/10",
    "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."
}