{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Children’s guide",
  "text": "(1) Each local authority shall produce a written guide to the adoption service (in these Regulations referred to as “the children’s guide”) which shall consist of a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 2.\n(2) The authority shall provide a copy of the children’s guide to—\n(a) the Commission;\n(b) every prospective adopter with whom the authority has placed a child for adoption; and\n(c) every child (subject to his age and understanding), who may be, or has been placed for adoption by the authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3339",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt & 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/3",
    "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."
}