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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-2003/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-2003/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1255",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st June 2003.\n(2) In these Regulations “the 1976 Act” means the Adoption Act 1976.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1255/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:24:21.179330+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."
}