Amendment of the Principal Regulations2

1

The Principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (application of Part 12ZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas)—

a

after “Part 12ZA of the Act”, insert “(as it concerns both ordinary statutory paternity pay and additional statutory paternity pay)”; and

b

after “167ZE”, insert “, 167ZEB, 167ZEE”.

3

In Schedule 1 (application of Part 12ZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas), after the entry relating to section 167ZE(10) of the Act, insert the following entries—

Section 167ZEB(2)

In paragraph (a)(i), for “who has been placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom”, substitute “who has been adopted from overseas”.

In paragraph (a)(ii), for “a person with whom the child is so placed for adoption”, substitute “an adopter of the child”.

In paragraph (b), for “ending with a prescribed week”, substitute “prior to the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland”.

In paragraph (b), for “ending with a prescribed week”, substitute “prior to the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland”.

In paragraph (e), for “the placement of the child for adoption”, substitute “the adoption of the child from overseas”.

In paragraph (g)(i) for “the placement of the child for adoption”, substitute “the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland”.

Section 167ZEB(5)

For “the placement for adoption of more than one child as part of the same arrangement”, substitute “the adoption from overseas of more than one child as part of the same arrangement”.

Section 167ZEE(3)

For “the person with whom the child is placed for adoption”, substitute “adopter”.

Section 167ZEE(4)

In paragraph (c)(ii), for “person with whom the child is placed for adoption”, substitute “adopter”.

Section 167ZEE(5)

For paragraph (b), substitute—

b

in the case of a person to whom the conditions in section 167ZEB(2) apply, the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland (or, where more than one child is subject to adoption from overseas as part of the same arrangement, the date of the entry of the first child to enter Northern Ireland).