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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2012/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES\nMade 18 July 2012\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 19 July 2012\nComing into force 1 September 2012\nThe Welsh Ministers in exercise of powers conferred by sections 9(1)(a), 140(7) and (8), 142(4) and (5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 make the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38. For the definition of “regulations” see section 144(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The power conferred on the National Assembly for Wales to make regulations under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 was transferred to the Welsh Ministers under section 162(1) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}