{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/18",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act, except this section, shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(4) Subject to subsection (5), this Act extends to Great Britain only.\n(5) Any amendment of an enactment which extends to any other part of the British Islands or any colony also extends to that part or colony.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 18(2) repealed (S.) (28.9.2009) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), s. 121(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2) and s. 18(2) repealed (E.W.) (15.7.2011) by The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1740), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 18(3): power partly exercised: 31.1.2000 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 2000/52, art. 2S. 18(3): power partly exercised: 16.10.2000 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 2000/2821, art. 2S. 18(3): power partly exercised: 2.6.2000 appointed for specified provision by S.I. 2000/390, art. 2S. 18(3):power partly exercised: 14.1.2003 appointed (S.) for specified provisions by S.S.I. 2002/562, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/18/section/18",
    "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."
}