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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 277

EMPLOYMENT

Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

22nd May 2003

Coming into operation

23rd May 2003

The Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 167ZI and 167ZR of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) and with the concurrence of the Treasury(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby, by this Statutory Rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of Articles 5 and 6 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(3) and which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of that statutory provision(4), makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 7; section 167ZI was inserted by Article 5 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)) and section 167ZR was inserted by Article 6 of that Order. Parts XIIZA and XIIZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 are, by regulations made under sections 167ZK and 167ZT, namely the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 221), applied to cases which involve adoption, but not the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, with the modifications prescribed by those Regulations

(2)

See sections 167ZI and 167ZR of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)

(4)

See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)