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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-of-children-from-overseas-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1251",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-of-children-from-overseas-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 29th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 29th March 2001\nComing into force 30th April 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 9(2) and (3) and 56A(1) of the Adoption Act 1976, after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36. Section 56A was inserted by the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), section 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of section 16(1) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, any function of the Secretary of State under section 56A of the Adoption Act 1976 is exercisable only after consultation with the National Assembly for Wales. Functions of the Secretary of State under section 9 of the 1976 Act have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under S.I. 1999/672."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1251/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:52:31.998548+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."
}