{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-46A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-46A.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1313",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/46A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46A",
  "heading": "Modification of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to adoption",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where–\n(a) a local authority is authorised to place a child for adoption; or\n(b) a child who has been placed for adoption by a local authority is less than six weeks old.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—\n(a) section 6(4)(b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 applies as if the reference to persons with parental responsibility for the child were a reference to any prospective adopter with whom the local authority has placed the child for adoption; and\n(b) section 95 of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 do not apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 46A inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/216), regs. 1(2), 5(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1313/regulation/46A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:06:24.223286+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."
}