The Adoption Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Adoption Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Order” means the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;

“adopters” means the persons who have adopted, or intend to adopt, a child or, where there is only one such person, that person;

“adoption agency” means a Health and Social Services Board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1), an authorised HSS trust as defined in regulation 1 of the Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(2) or an adoption society registered under Article 4 of the Order;

“adoption panel” means a panel established in accordance with regulation 5 or regulation 5A of the Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989;

“child benefit” means child benefit under section 137 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);

“disability living allowance” means disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“fostering allowance” means the amount of money paid by way of maintenance for a child placed with a foster parent pursuant to Article 27(2)(a) or Article 75(1)(a) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4) (placement with foster parents and others by authorities and voluntary organisations);

“incapacity benefit” means incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act(5);

“income support” means income support under section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“invalid care allowance” means invalid care allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“jobseeker’s allowance” means jobseeker’s allowance under Article 3 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(6);

“maternity allowance” means maternity allowance under section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“severe disablement allowance” means severe disablement allowance under section 68 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

(2)

S.R. 1989 No. 253, as amended; the relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 65

(3)

1992 c. 7

(4)

S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

(5)

1992 c. 7; section 30A was inserted by Article 3(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12))

(6)

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)