{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-4-transitional-and-savings-provisions-amendment-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-4-transitional-and-savings-provisions-amendment-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009. New paragraph (2) of article 18 provides that a freeing order, which is made by the court on or after 28th September 2010, will be deemed to be a permanence order granting authority for the child to be adopted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/99/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:51.097317+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."
}