{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-10-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2005/article-13",
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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/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Records and disclosure of adoption information",
  "text": "Notwithstanding the repeal of the provisions of the 1976 Act set out in Schedule 5 to the 2002 Act, in the case of a person adopted before the appointed day—\n(a) the Agencies Regulations 1983 shall continue to have effect in so far as they relate to the retention, storage, transfer and disclosure of information in relation to that person’s adoption; and\n(b) section 9 of the 1976 Act shall continue to have effect for the purposes of amending or revoking those Regulations.",
  "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/13",
    "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."
}