{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2005/3115",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) and the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) and apply to Welsh local authorities. They replace the Local Authority Adoption Service and Miscellaneous Amendments (Wales) Regulations 2003. They provide a regulatory framework for local authority adoption services. Part III of the 2000 Act provides for the inspection of local authority services by the National Assembly.\nRegulations 3 and 4 provide that each local authority who provides an adoption service must have a statement of purpose setting out the aims and objectives of the service and a children’s guide. The service must be carried on in a manner which is consistent with the statement of purpose.\nPart 2 makes provision about the persons managing the service, and requires satisfactory information to be available in relation to the matters prescribed in Schedule 3.\nPart 3 makes provision about the conduct of the service, staffing and fitness of workers, the suitability of the premises and about complaints and record keeping.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/3115/note",
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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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