{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Appointment of manager",
  "text": "(1) Each local authority shall appoint one of its officers to manage the adoption service, and shall forthwith notify the Commission of—\n(a) the name of any person appointed in accordance with this regulation; and\n(b) the date on which the appointment is to take effect.\n(2) The authority shall forthwith notify the Commission if the person appointed under paragraph (1) ceases to manage the adoption service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/370/regulation/5",
    "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."
}