2003 No. 499
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
So far as applying enabling powers
For all other purposes
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 171ZK and 171ZT of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M1 by this instrument, which contains only provision made by virtue of sections 2 and 4 of the Employment Act 2002 M2 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months from the coming into force of those enactments M3, hereby makes the following Regulations—
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force, in so far as they apply powers to make regulations, on 10th March 2003, and for all other purposes on 6th April 2003.
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In these Regulations—
“adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom;
“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
Application of Part 12ZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas2
Part 12ZA of the ActF5(as it concerns both ordinary statutory paternity pay and additional statutory paternity pay) shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 171ZB, 171ZEF3, 171ZEB, 171ZEE and 171ZJ of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 1.
Application of Part 12ZB of the Act to adoptions from overseas3
Part 12ZB of the Act shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 171ZL and 171ZS of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 2.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
SCHEDULE 1Application of Part 12ZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas
Words in Sch. 1 omitted (6.4.2004) by virtue of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(a)
Words in Sch. 1 inserted (6.4.2004) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b)
Words in Sch. 1 substituted (6.4.2004) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(c)
Words in Sch. 1 omitted (6.4.2004) by virtue of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(d)
Sch. 1 entries inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/153), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
Words in Sch. 1 substituted (S.) (21.3.2011) by The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/159), regs. 1, 9(2)
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Section 171ZB(2) | F1... In paragraph (a)(i), for “who is placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom” substitute In paragraph (a)(ii), for “a person with whom the child is so placed for adoption” substitute . F9In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week” . In paragraph (d), for “the day on which the child is placed for adoption” substitute In paragraph (e), for “a person with whom the child is placed for adoption” substitute |
Section 171ZB(3) |
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Section 171ZB(6) | For “the placement for adoption of more than one child as part of the same arrangement” substitute |
Section 171ZB(7) | Omit subsection (7). |
Section 171ZE(3) | In paragraph (b), for “with the date of the child’s placement for adoption” substitute |
Section 171ZE(10) | For subsection (10) substitute—
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Section 171ZEB(2 | F13In 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 Great Britain”. 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 Great Britain”. |
Section 171ZEB(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 171ZEE(3) | For “the person with whom the child is placed for adoption”, substitute “adopter” |
Section 171ZEE(4) | In paragraph (c) (ii), for “person with whom the child is placed for adoption”, substitute “adopter”. |
Section 171ZEE(5) | For paragraph (b), substitute—
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Section 171ZJ(1) | In the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert—
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SCHEDULE 2Application of Part 12ZB of the Act to adoptions from overseas
Words in Sch. 2 omitted (6.4.2004) by virtue of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)
Words in Sch. 2 inserted (6.4.2004) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)
Words in Sch. 2 substituted (6.4.2004) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(c)
Words in Sch. 2 omitted (6.4.2004) by virtue of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/488), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(d)
Words in Sch. 2 substituted (S.) (21.3.2011) by The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/159), regs. 1, 9(3)
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Section 171ZL(2) | F10... In paragraph (a), for “with whom a child is, or is expected to be, placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom” substitute F8In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week”. |
Section 171ZL(3) | For “is notified that he has been matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” substitute |
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Section 171ZL(4) | In paragraph (b), for “placed for adoption with him” substitute |
Section 171ZL(5) | For “the placement, or expected placement, for adoption of more than one child” substitute |
Section 171ZS(1) | In the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert—
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Sections 171ZA to 171ZK of the Social Security and Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (Part 12ZA) were inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002 and sections 171ZL to 171ZT (Part 12ZB) by section 4 of that Act.