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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no17-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2003/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no17-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2003/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/365",
  "legislation_title": "Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No.17 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no17-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Decision as to withdrawal of approval under section 4 of the 1976 Act",
  "text": "An existing provider shall not be treated for the purposes of Part II of the Act as having applied for and been granted registration in respect of the existing agency as a voluntary adoption agency if—\n(a) the Secretary of State has before 30th April 2003 given notice to the existing agency of a decision under section 4 of the 1976 Act to withdraw the approval given to the agency; and\n(b) the date specified in that notice as the date from which the withdrawal of approval is to have effect, is a date on or after 30th April 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/365/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:52.980092+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."
}