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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2720",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND\nSOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nMade 30th September 2005\nLaid before Parliament 7th October 2005\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulation 34 28th October 2005\nFor all other purposes 30th December 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 9(2) and (3) and 67(5) of the Adoption Act 1976, sections 11(4), 12(2), 15(3), 16(1) and (3), 31(7), 34(1), 35(1) and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and sections 2(6)(b), 8(2)(f), 9(1)(b) and (3), 10(1), (3) and (4), 98, 140(7) and (8) and 142(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36. Section 9(2) and (3) is amended by paragraph 5(6) of Schedule 4 to the Care Standards Act 2000 and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 14. See section 121(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 38."
    }
  ],
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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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