# The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 5) (Wales) Order 2004, Article 2: Appointed Day


7th February 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) section 2(6) (basic definitions);
(b) sections 4(6) and (7), 9 to 11, 12(1) to (3), 27(3), 53(1) to (3), 54, 56(1) and (3), 57(6), 59, 63 to 65 and 98;
(c) for the purposes of making regulations, sections 4(1)(b) and (5), 57(5), 58(2) and (3), 60(2) and (4) and 61(5)(c) and 62(7)(c);
(d) paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 4, and section 139(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/252/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-5-wales-order-2004/article-2
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