{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application for determination of eligibility, and assessment of suitability, to adopt",
  "text": "(1) A married couple or a person habitually resident in the British Islands who wishes to adopt a child habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands shall apply to an adoption agency for a determination of eligibility, and an assessment of his suitability, to adopt.\n(2) An application under this regulation shall be made in writing and include such information as the agency may require.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}