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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-18.json",
  "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": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Complaints",
  "text": "Each local authority must—\n(a) ensure that a written record is made of any complaint, including details of the investigation made, the outcome and any action taken in consequence, and that the record is retained for at least 3 years from the date it is made; and\n(b) supply to the National Assembly at its request a statement containing a summary of any complaints made in respect of their adoption service during the preceding 12 months and the action (if any) taken as a result of the outcome of the investigation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/3115/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:14.479006+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."
}