{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2696",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005",
  "text": "After regulation 2 (interpretation) insert—\n“Prescribed relationship\n2A. For the purposes of section 98(1A) of the Act, a prescribed relationship is a relationship whereby a person (who is not a relative of the adopted person) is related to an adopted person—\n(a) by blood (including half-blood), marriage or civil partnership; or\n(b) by virtue of the adopted person’s adoption.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2696/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:00:14.334915+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."
}