{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“adoption panel” means an adoption panel established under regulation 3;\n“legal adviser” means a member of the adoption panel appointed under regulation 5(2);\n“medical adviser” means a member of the adoption panel appointed under regulation 5(1);\n“relative” means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the child (in the cases of a brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full-blood or half-blood); and includes a spouse or civil partner of any such grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/154/regulation/2",
    "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."
}