{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999/schedule-1/part/chapter-I/crossheading-article-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999/schedule-1/part/chapter-I/crossheading-article-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/18",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/chapter/I/crossheading/article-2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Convention shall apply where a child habitually resident in one Contracting State (“the State of origin”) has been, is being, or is to be moved to another Contracting State (“the receiving State”) either after his or her adoption in the State of origin by spouses or a person habitually resident in the receiving State, or for the purposes of such an adoption in the receiving State or in the State of origin.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/18/schedule/1/part/chapter/I/crossheading/article-2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:55.566406+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."
}