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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-information-and-intermediary-services-pre-commencement-adoptions-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2005/2701",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
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  "path": "regulation/11",
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  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Procedure on receipt of application",
  "text": "The intermediary agency must, on receipt of an application under these Regulations, take reasonable steps to confirm—\n(a) the identity and age of the applicant and the identity of any person acting on the applicant’s behalf;\n(b) that any person acting on behalf of the applicant is authorised to do so; and\n(c) in the case of an application by a relative of the adopted person, that the applicant is related to that person.",
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      "affecting": "wsi/2015/1802",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015"
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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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