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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-of-adoption-information-post-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-of-adoption-information-post-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/888",
  "legislation_title": "The Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disclosure-of-adoption-information-post-commencement-adoptions-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Information about the availability of counselling",
  "text": "(1) An adoption agency must provide written information about the availability of counselling to any person—\n(a) who is seeking information under section 60, 61 or 62 of the Act;\n(b) whose views have been sought as to the disclosure of information about him under section 61(3) or 62(3) or (4) of the Act;\n(c) who enters into, or is considering entering into, an agreement with the agency under regulation 11.\n(2) The information provided under paragraph (1) must include information about the fees that may be charged by persons providing counselling.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/888/regulation/16",
    "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."
}