Amendment of the Overseas Adoptions Regulations4

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; or

ii

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