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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/183",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Rules may be cited as the Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force—\n(a) for the purposes of rules 2, 18 and this rule on 24th February 2003; and\n(b) for all other purposes on 1st June 2003.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/183/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:58.212206+00:00",
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    "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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