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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/819",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 2(1), at the appropriate places, insert—\n““children’s guardian” means an officer of the service appointed to act on behalf of the child in accordance with section 65(1)(a) of the Act;”;\n““reporting officer” means an officer of the service appointed in accordance with section 65(1)(b) of the Act;”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/819/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:00.865395+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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