The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Modification Regulations

3.—(1) The Modification Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (Application of Part 12ZA of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act to adoptions from overseas)—

(a) omit the first modification to section 171ZB(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A));

(b) after the third modification to section 171ZB(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 171ZB(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, or

  (b) 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 171ZB(3A).

(3) In Schedule 2 (Application of Part 12ZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act to adoptions from overseas)—

(a) omit the first modification to section 171ZL(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A));

(b) after the second modification to subsection 171ZL(2) (relating to paragraph (a)), insert the following modification—

“In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week””;

(c) for the modification to subsection 171ZL(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, or

  (b) 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 171ZL(3A).