Contents
1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2004.
(2)In these Regulations –• “the General Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002;• “the Modification Regulations” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;• “the Overseas Adoptions Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
2Amendment of the General Regulations#
(1)The General Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2)In regulation 11 (conditions of entitlement to statutory paternity pay (adoption): relationship with child and with person with whom the child is placed for adoption) –
(a)at the end of paragraph (2) (definition of “partner”), for “(3)” substitute “(2A)”;
(b)after paragraph (2), insert the following paragraph –“2A The relatives of the adopter referred to in paragraph (2) are the adopter’s parent, grandparent, sister, brother, aunt or uncle.”
(c)in paragraph (3), for “(2)” substitute “(2A)”.
3Amendment of the Modification Regulations#
(1)The Modification Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2)In Schedule 1 (Application of Part XIIZA of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act to Adoptions from Overseas) –
(a)omit the first modification to section 167ZB(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A));
(b)after the third modification to section 167ZB(2) (relating to paragraph (a)(ii)), insert the following modification –“• In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week””
(c)for the modification to section 167ZB(3) (defining the relevant week), substitute the following modification –“• For subsection (3) substitute –3 The references in subsection (2)(c) and (d) to the relevant week are to –a the week in which official notification is sent to the adopter, orb the week at the end of which the person satisfies the condition in subsection (2)(b),whichever is the later.”
(d)omit the modification inserting section 167ZB(3A).
(3)In Schedule 2 (Application of Part XIIZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act to Adoptions from Overseas) –
(a)omit the first modification to section 167ZL(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A));
(b)after the second modification to subsection 167ZL(2) (relating to paragraph (a)), insert the following modification –“• In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week””
(c)for the modification to subsection 167ZL(3) (defining the relevant week), substitute the following modification –“• For subsection (3) substitute –3 The reference in subsection (2)(d) to the relevant week is to –a the week in which official notification is sent to the adopter, orb the week at the end of which the person satisfies the condition in subsection (2)(b),whichever is the later.”
(d)omit the modification inserting section 167ZL(3A).
4Amendment of the Overseas Adoptions Regulations#
(1)The Overseas Adoptions Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2)In regulation 3(4) (application of regulation 40 of the General Regulations subject to modified definitions), for paragraph (a) (definition of the “appropriate date”) substitute –“a in paragraph (2)(b), for “the week in which the adopter is notified of being matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” there were substituted –the week in which –i official notification is sent to the adopter; orii the person satisfies the condition in section 167ZB(2)(b) or 167ZL(2)(b) of the Act (26 weeks' continuous employment),whichever is the later”
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