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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-of-adoption-information-post-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/888",
  "legislation_title": "The Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005",
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  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Manner of application",
  "text": "An application to an adoption agency for the disclosure of protected information under section 61 or 62 of the Act must be in writing and must state the reasons for the application.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/888/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:41.257094+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."
}