{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1492",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act Register Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n“the 2005 Regulations” means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005; and\n“Part 1 of the register”, “Part 2 of the register” and “Part 3 of the register” have the meanings given in regulation 3.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State has made arrangements with an organisation under section 126(1) of the Act, references to “the Secretary of State” must be read as references to “the registration organisation”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 25.7.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/389; amended by S.I. 2005/3482, 2007/603, 2009/1892, 2009/1895, 2010/1172, 2011/589, 2012/1410, 2013/235, 2013/985 and 2014/852."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1492/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:13:43.449543+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."
}