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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
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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": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements applicable in respect of bringing or causing a child to be brought into the United Kingdom",
  "text": "A person intending to bring, or to cause another to bring, a child into the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 56A of the 1976 Act applies must—\n(a) apply in writing to an adoption agency for an assessment of his suitability to adopt; and\n(b) give the adoption agency any information it may require for the purposes of the assessment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1173/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:25:09.583751+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."
}