{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n“adopted person” means a person who was adopted before 30th December 2005 and has attained the age of 18 years;\n“applicant” means a person who makes an application under regulation 5 and is—\n(a)an adopted person;\n(b)a person with a prescribed relationship; or\n(c)a relative of an adopted person;\n“the appropriate adoption agency” has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the Act;\n“corresponding Welsh provision” means in relation to a Part or a regulation of these Regulations, regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 9 of the Act which corresponds to that Part or regulation;\n“identifying information” has the meaning given in regulation 7;\n“intermediary agency” and “intermediary service” have the meaning given in regulation 4;\n“prescribed relationship” has the meaning given in regulation 2A;\n“registered adoption support agency” means an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000;\n“relative”, in relation to an adopted person, has the same meaning as in section 98 of the Act;\n“subject”, in relation to an application under regulation 5, is a person with whom the applicant seeks contact.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.10.2014) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.10.2014) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (10.11.2015) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1685), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.10.2014) by The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2696), regs. 1, 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 14."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/890/regulation/2",
    "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."
}