{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/111",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "These regulations do not apply where, before 29 February 2016—\n(a) an individual has given the appropriate local authority written notice of their intention to apply for a special guardianship order in accordance with section 14A(7) of the Children Act 1989, or\n(b) a court has asked a local authority to conduct an investigation and prepare a report in accordance with section 14A(9) of the Children Act 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/111/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:54.311174+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."
}