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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2001/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS,ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 9th March2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 65(1), 66(1) and 67(1) of the Adoption Act 1976, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36; section 65 is amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), Schedule 7, Part II, paragraphs 51 and 52 and Schedule 8."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/819/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:58:00.865395+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
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