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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-10-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2005/article-12",
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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/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Pending applications under section 53 or 55 of the 1976 Act",
  "text": "Nothing in the 2002 Act affects any application under section 53 (annulment, etc. of overseas adoptions) or 55 (adoption of children abroad) of the 1976 Act, where 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/12",
    "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."
}