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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-from-offenders-amendment-wales-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/3443",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Protection from Offenders) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-from-offenders-amendment-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note does not form part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 and the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991 in respect of Wales.\nThe main effect of the amendments is to permit local authorities and others to exercise their discretion in considering the suitability of a person to adopt or foster a child where the person has been convicted of or cautioned for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm ('assault' in Scotland) committed when they were under the age of 18. Prior to the amendment such a conviction or caution prevented local authorities and others from considering the person for adoption or fostering.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/3443/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:15:41.021174+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."
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