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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Payment of adoption allowances",
  "text": "An adoption allowance may be paid–\n(a) periodically, if it is provided to meet a need which is likely to give rise to recurring expenditure; or\n(b) in any other case, by a single payment or, if the adoption agency and adoptive parent agree, by instalments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/152/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:55.273185+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."
}