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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/4",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to adoption; to make other provision in relation to the care of children; to enable provision to be made in relation to allowances in respect of certain children; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 7th December 2006 and received Royal Assent on 15th January 2007",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (28.9.2009) by Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/182), regs. 53-61"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act: power to modify conferred (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 55, 68(2); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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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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