{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/118",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Prospective adopter unable to proceed with application to adopt",
  "text": "Where the child is placed with the prospective adopter or regulation 20 applies and the prospective adopter gives notice to the relevant local authority that he does not wish to proceed with the adoption and no longer wishes to give the child a home, that authority must—\n(a) receive the child from him before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the giving notice; and\n(b) notify the relevant Central Authority of his decision not to proceed with the adoption.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/118/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:33:22.130288+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."
}