{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Consent to placement of the child for adoption for the purposes of section 20 of the Act",
  "text": "For the purpose of section 20(1)(b) of the Act consent to the placement of a child for adoption by each parent or guardian must be–\n(a) made in the certificate in the form set out in Schedule 4 or Schedule 7;\n(b) signed by the parent or guardian of the child; and\n(c) returned to the adoption agency within 28 days from the date the parent or guardian received the certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/154/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:53.811768+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."
}