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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-transitional-provisions-order-2014/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1042",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-transitional-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Post-adoption contact orders",
  "text": "The amendments made by section 9(7) of the 2014 Act do not apply in respect of family proceedings that were commenced but not disposed of prior to the commencement date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the definition of “family proceedings”, see section 8(3) of the Children Act 1989."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1042/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:18:30.345497+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."
}