{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-8-wales-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1206",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 8) (Wales) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-8-wales-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES\nMade 19 April 2005\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 148(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, hereby makes the following Order —",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38. The power is exercisable by the appropriate Minister who is defined in section 144(1) in relation to Wales as the National Assembly for Wales."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1206/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}