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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2003/181",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-1-wales-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force section 16 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 which amends the Care Standards Act 2000 by inserting a new provision (section 36A). The new section makes provision for the distribution of functions in relation to voluntary adoption agencies as between the National Assembly for Wales and the National Care Standards Commission as registration authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/181/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:06.508597+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."
}