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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1192",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (Administration) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-administration-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, “adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1192/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:24:55.175980+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."
}