{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/38",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Recruitment, assessment and approval of prospective adopters",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3A omitted (7.3.2018) by virtue of Education and Adoption Act 2016 (c. 6), ss. 15(3), 19(2); S.I. 2018/300, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:55.944329+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."
}