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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-foreign-adoptions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2",
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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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these regulations –\n“the Order” means the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\n“the Act” means the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\n“the Central Authority” has the same meaning as Article 6 of the Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 c. 11 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/255/regulation/2",
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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."
}