{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/183",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Adoption Rules 1984",
  "text": "In rule 2\n(1) (a) after the definition of “adoption agency” insert—\n““CA of the receiving State” means, in relation to a Convention country other than the United Kingdom, the Central Authority of the receiving State;\n“CA of the State of origin” means, in relation to a Convention country other than the United Kingdom, the Central Authority of the State of origin;\n“Central Authority” means, in relation to England, the Secretary of State for Health, and in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;”;\n(b) after the definition of “children’s guardian” insert—\n““Convention” means the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993;”;\n(c) for the definition of “Convention proceedings” substitute—\n““Convention proceedings” means proceedings in the High Court or a county court for a Convention adoption order or in connection with a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption;”;\n(d) after the definition of “the court” insert—\n““Hague Convention Regulations” means the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003;”;\n(e) in the definition of “proper officer” omit the second “and”;\n(f) after the definition of “proper officer” insert—\n““receiving State” means the state in which it is proposed that the child will become habitually resident;”;\n(g) in the definition of “reporting officer” for “Act.” insert “Act; and”; and\n(h) after the definition of “reporting officer” insert—\n““State of origin” means the state in which the child is habitually resident.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The term “Convention country” is defined in section 72(1) of the Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36) as amended by section 8 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The terms “Convention adoption order” and “Convention adoption” are defined in section 72(1) of the Adoption Act 1976 as amended by section 8 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/118."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/183/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:58.212206+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."
}