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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-no2-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-no2-regulations-2020",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Children And Young Persons, England\nMade 26th August 2020\nLaid before Parliament 28th August 2020\nComing into force in accordance with regulations 1(2) and (3)\nThe Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22C(11), 23ZA(4)(b) and 104(4) of and paragraphs 12A, 12E and 12F of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 , sections 22(1), (2)(d), (5)(a), (7)(a), (c) and (d), 31(7) and 118(5) and (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and sections 9(1)(a) and 140(7) and (8) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 makes the following Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as were considered appropriate.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1989 c. 41. Section 22C(11) was amended by S.I. 2016/413. Section 23ZA was inserted by section 15 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). Section 104(4)(c) was repealed by paragraph 25(5) of Schedule 3 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008. Paragraphs 12A to 12G of Schedule 2 were substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Children's and Young Persons Act 2008. Paragraph 12F of Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2016/413."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2000 c. 14. Section 22(1) was amended by section 103(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6). Section 22(1)(b)(ii) was amended by S.I. 2019/772. Section 31(7) was amended by section 95 of and Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008."
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      "text": "2002 c. 38. Section 140(7) was inserted by section 7(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/909/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:26:25.069105+00:00"
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  "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."
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