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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/267",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009",
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  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Applications for freeing orders under the 1978 Act",
  "text": "Where, before the appointed day, an application for a freeing order has been made under section 18 (freeing child for adoption) of the 1978 Act and not yet determined the provisions of the 1978 Act have effect in respect of that application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "art. 18 renumbered as art. 18(1)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/99",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/99",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 2012"
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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."
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