{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirement to provide counselling and information",
  "text": "(1) Where an application is made in accordance with regulation 3, the adoption agency must—\n(a) provide a counselling service for the prospective adopter;\n(b) explain to him the legal implications of adoption and the procedure in relation to adopting a child under the Convention; and\n(c) provide him with written information about the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (b).\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if the adoption agency is satisfied that the requirements set out in that paragraph have been carried out in respect of the prospective adopter by another adoption agency.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}