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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2019/291",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Respect and sensitivity",
  "text": "(1) The service provider must ensure that individuals are treated with respect and sensitivity.\n(2) This includes, but is not limited to—\n(a) respecting the individual’s privacy and dignity;\n(b) respecting the individual’s rights to confidentiality;\n(c) promoting the individual’s autonomy and independence;\n(d) having regard to any relevant protected characteristics (as defined in section 4 of the Equality Act 2010) of the individual.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 c. 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/291/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:23.388066+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."
}