{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Principal Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 30 (prospective adopter’s report), in paragraph (2)(e), after “a child” insert “, and in determining the suitability of a couple to adopt a child the agency must have proper regard to the need for stability and permanence in their relationship”.\n(3) In Schedule 4A (modifications to Part 4), in paragraph 4(b), in the substituted paragraph (2)(d), after “a child” insert “, and in determining the suitability of a couple to adopt a child the agency must have proper regard to the need for stability and permanence in their relationship”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/319/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:55.087785+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."
}