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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/183",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-amendment-rules-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 31st January 2003\nLaid before Parliament 3rd February 2003\nComing into force in accordance with rule 1\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, 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/183/introduction",
    "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."
}