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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Return of the child by the prospective adopter",
  "text": "Where the child is placed with the prospective adopter or regulation 18 applies and the prospective adopter gives notice to the relevant local authority that the prospective adopter does not wish to proceed with the adoption and no longer wishes to give the child a home, that authority shall–\n(a) receive the child from the prospective adopter before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the giving of such notice; and\n(b) notify the Central Authority of the prospective adopter’s 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/ssi/2003/19/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:33.483972+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."
}