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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/819",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 17, for paragraph (3) substitute—\n“(3) The reporting officer shall not be a member or employee of the applicant or any respondent body (except where a local authority is made a respondent only under rule 15(2)(d)) nor have been involved in the making of any arrangements for the adoption of the child.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/819/article/9",
    "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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}