{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS\nMade 14th May 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 15th May 2009\nComing into force 28th September 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) to (3) and (5) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 and sections 8, 58(5), (6), (7) and (10), 59(3) and (6) and 61(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 18. Section 1 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 enables the Scottish Ministers to make regulations to give effect to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993 (“the Convention”). The functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 16(2) of the 1999 Act and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 asp 4."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/182/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:32.724472+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."
}