{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-review-of-determinations-adoption-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-review-of-determinations-adoption-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1819",
  "legislation_title": "The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/independent-review-of-determinations-adoption-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n“the Act”(“y Ddeddf”) means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n“the 2005 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2005”) means the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005;\n“adoption agency” (“asiantaeth fabwysiadu”) means an appropriate voluntary organisation or local authority;\n“adoption panel” (“panel mabwysiadu”) means a panel established in accordance with regulation 3 of the 2005 Regulations;\n“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“prospective adopter” (“darpar fabwysiadwr”) means a person who proposes to adopt a child;\n“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference —\n(a) to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;\n(b) in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;\n(c) in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I 2005/1313 (W.95)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1819/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:50.547146+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."
}