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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-and-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2003/710",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service and Miscellaneous Amendments (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-and-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, WALES\nCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES\nMade 12th March 2003\nComing into force 30th April 2003\nThe National Assembly for Wales in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 9(2), (3), and (3A) and 67(5) of the Adoption Act 1976 and sections 12(2), 15(3), 16(1), (2) and (3), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d), (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (c), (7)(a) to (h), (j) and (8)(c), 33, 34(1), 35 and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and of all the other powers enabling it on behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36 In section 9 of the 1976 Act subsection (2) was amended and subsection (3A) inserted by section 116 and paragraph 5(6)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)(“the 2000 Act”). The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 9(5) of the 1976 Act, in relation to Wales as the National Assembly for Wales and in relation to England as the Secretary of State and in relation to England and Wales, as the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales acting jointly. Subsections(2) and (3) were amended and subsetion (5) inserted by section 139(2) and paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Adoption and Children Act 2002 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 14"
    }
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  "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."
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