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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1685",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Care, England\nChildren And Young Persons, England\nMade 11th September 2015\nLaid before Parliament 15th September 2015\nComing into force 10th November 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Education makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(1), 98(1), (1A) and (3), 140(7) and (8) and 144(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.\nIn accordance with section 98(6) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the approval of the Home Department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c.38. For the definition of “regulations” see section 144(1). Section 98(1A) was inserted by section 1 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6) (“the 2014 Act”) and section 140(7) was amended by section 7(6) of the 2014 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The approval of the Secretary of State for the Home Department is required in relation to regulations which relate to the Registrar General by virtue of section 98(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (see also S.I. 2008/678)."
    }
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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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