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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/schedule/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/37",
  "legislation_title": "Child Abduction Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n(a) “adoption agency” , “adoption order”, “placed for adoption by an adoption agency” and “placement order” have the same meaning as in the Adoption and Children Act 2002; and\n(b) “area”, in relation to a magistrates’ court, means the petty sessions area . . . for which the court is appointed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5 (a)(b) substituted (14.10.1991) for Sch. para. 5 containing (1)-(4) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(4), Sch. 12 para.40(7) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5(a) substituted (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), s. 148(1), Sch. 3 para. 43(3) (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8, 21); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5(b) repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 180(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. V(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9))"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:06.977456+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."
}