{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-10-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2005/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2897",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 10 Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-10-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Pending applications for adoption orders in non-agency cases",
  "text": "Nothing in the 2002 Act affects any application for an adoption order under section 12 of the 1976 Act (adoption orders) in relation to a child in respect of whom—\n(a) notice has been given to the local authority by virtue of section 22 of the 1976 Act; and\n(b) the application has been made and has not been disposed of immediately before the appointed day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2897/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:39.000847+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."
}