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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003-revocations-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2804",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Act 2003 (Revocations, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003-revocations-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 3 of this Order revokes the Magistrates' Court (Adoption) Rules 1984 (S.I. 1984/611), and parts of other instruments to the extent that they have amended those Rules, with effect from 30th December 2005. The Adoption Rules 1984 (S.I. 1984/265) are revoked with effect from 30th December 2005 by virtue of the repeal of the Adoption Act 1976 by section 139(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38).\nArticles 4 to 7 of this Order set out the circumstances in which the Magistrates' Courts (Adoption) Rules 1984 and the Adoption Rules 1984 will continue to apply, despite their revocation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2804/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:57.253885+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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