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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/289",
  "legislation_title": "The Voluntary Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Personal Social Services\nMade 3rd September 2010\nComing into operation 29th October 2010\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 10 (1) and (1A) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and Articles 17 (2), 30, 31, 32 and 48 (2) of the Health and Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 , makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1987 No.2203 (N.I.22) Article 10 (1A) is inserted by Schedule 4 to S.I. 2003/431 (N.I.9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003 No 431 (N.I.9)"
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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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