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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/890",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND\nMade 22nd March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 7th April 2005\nComing into force 30th December 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 2(6), 9(1)(a) and (b) and (3), 98, 140(7) and (8) and 144(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38. These powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 144(1) of the Act, in relation to England, as the Secretary of State."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is required in relation to regulations which relate to the Registrar General by virtue of section 98(6) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:39.538783+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."
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