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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/255",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Foreign Adoptions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations prescribe requirements to be met before a foreign adoption can be registered in the Adopted Children Register maintained by the Registrar General. They also prescribe the manner of application, applicants and the particulars to be provided to enable an entry to be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/255/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:43.497271+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."
}