4. Regulation 2 (definitions) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent shall read as if—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)for the definition of “A” there was substituted—
““A” means the intended parent or parental order parent in relation to C who has elected to receive statutory adoption pay under section 167ZL(2)(e) of the 1992 Act(1) and to whom the conditions in section 167ZL(2) apply;”;
(ii)for the definition of “AP” there was substituted—
““AP” means the intended parent or parental order parent in relation to C who at the date of C’s birth is married to, or is the civil partner of, or is the partner of A;”;
(iii)the definitions of “adoption agency” and “child” were omitted;
(iv)there were inserted, in the appropriate places alphabetically, the following definitions—
““parental order parent” means a person on whose application the court has made an order in respect of C under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;”; and
““parental statutory declaration” means a statutory declaration stating that the person making the declaration—
has applied, or intends to apply, under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 with another person for a parental order in respect of C within the time limit for making such an application; and
expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of C;”;
(v)the definition of “placed for adoption” was omitted;
(b)paragraphs (4) and (5) were omitted.
Section 167ZL of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 was inserted by the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/2836 (N.I.2)), Article 6.