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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-and-the-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendmentsamendment-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1898",
  "legislation_title": "The Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments)(Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-and-the-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendmentsamendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Children And Young Persons, England And Wales\nSocial Care, England And Wales\nMade 15th July 2009\nLaid before Parliament 16th July 2009\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 16th July 2009\nComing into force 12th October 2009\nThe Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and the Welsh Ministers, acting jointly, make the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 9(1)(a), section 10(1)(a) and (3)(a) and section 140(7) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38. See section 144(1) for the definitions of “regulations” and “appropriate Minister”. The appropriate Minister for Wales is specified as the National Assembly for Wales. The functions of the Assembly under this Act were transferred to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 30, Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) and under paragraph 32 of that Schedule, a reference to the National Assembly for Wales is to be read as a reference to the Welsh Ministers."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1898/introduction",
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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."
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