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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1173",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Bringing Children into the United Kingdom) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 28th April 2003\nLaid before Parliament 6th May 2003\nComing into force 1st June 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Health in exercise of his powers conferred by sections 9(2) and (3) and 56A(4), (5), (6), (7) and 67(5) of the Adoption Act 1976 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36. Section 56A is substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38). Section 56A(11) is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of section 56A(11) of the Adoption Act (“the 1976 Act”), the Secretary of State may make regulations only after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales. Functions of the Secretary of State under section 9 of the 1976 Act have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under S.I. 1996/672. See also section 145(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1173/introduction",
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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."
}