The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003. The amendments made by these Regulations apply Part 12ZC (Statutory Shared Parental Pay) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, as modified by these Regulations, to adoptions from overseas, which are adoptions of children who enter Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with, or for the purposes of, adoption which does not involve the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations. These Regulations are part of a package of legislative measures and the relevant impacts were assessed within the document ‘Sharing parental rights, extending flexibility at work – public consultation’, published in May 2013 (www.delni.gov.uk/index/consultation-zone/archived-consultations/archived-consultations-2013/working-parents-rights.htm), and supplemented by a further publication in April 2014 (http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/equality-good-relations/shared-parental-leave-and-pay.htm).