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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004-amendment-of-miscellaneous-regulations-wales-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2005/774",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Act 2004 (Amendment of Miscellaneous Regulations) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004-amendment-of-miscellaneous-regulations-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES\nMade 16 March 2005\nComing into force 1 April 2005\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 9(2) and (3) of the Adoption Act 1976 , sections 23(2)(a), (f)(ii), (5), 26(1), (2), 59(2), (3), 104(4), Schedule 2, paragraphs 12, 13, 14, Schedule 4, paragraph 4(1), (2)(d), Schedule 5, paragraph 7(1), (2)(g) and Schedule 6, paragraph 10(1) of the Children Act 1989 and sections 1(4), 16(2), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d), (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (c), (7)(a) to (h), (j), (8)(c), 25(1), 33, 34(1), 35, 77(2) and 118(4) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 9(5) of the 1976 Act, in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales, and in relation to England as the Secretary of State and in relation to England and Wales, as the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales acting jointly."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 41. Functions of the Secretary of State under the 1989 Act are made exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the inclusion of the 1989 Act in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)(see article 2(a) of the 1999 Order and section 22(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 14."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/774/introduction",
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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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