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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/370",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Staffing of agency",
  "text": "Each local authority shall ensure that there is, having regard to—\n(a) the size of the authority and its statement of purpose; and\n(b) the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who may be, or have been, placed for adoption by the authority,\na sufficient number of suitably qualified, competent, and experienced persons working for the purposes of the adoption service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3339",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3339",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/370/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:44.589532+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."
}