{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meetings of the adoption panel and joint adoption panel",
  "text": "(1) No business shall be conducted by an adoption panel unless at least 3 of its members meet as the panel.\n(2) The adoption panel may only make a recommendation referred to in regulation 6(2)(a) or (b) where–\n(a) a legal adviser is present at the meeting of the panel at which the recommendation is made; or\n(b) legal advice has been provided to the panel by such an adviser.\n(3) The adoption panel must make a written record of its proceedings and the reasons for its recommendations.\n(4) In paragraph (1) “members” does not include any legal adviser or medical adviser.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}