{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Eligibility requirements",
  "text": "An adoption agency may not consider any person eligible to adopt unless the application under regulation 3 is made by a married couple or one person and—\n(a) in the case of an application by a married couple they have both—\n(i) attained the age of 21 years; and\n(ii) been habitually resident in any part of the British Islands for a period of not less than 1 year ending with the date of the application; or\n(b) in the case of an application by one person, he—\n(i) has attained the age of 21 years; and\n(ii) has been habitually resident in any part of the British Islands for a period of not less than 1 year ending with the date of the application.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}