20.—(1) The notification and evidential conditions referred to in regulation 18(2)(c) are that AP gives the employer who will be liable to pay statutory shared parental pay (adoption) to AP the notice and information specified in—
(a)paragraphs (2) and (3)(a), (b), (d) and (e) at least 8 weeks before the beginning of the first period specified by AP pursuant to paragraph (2)(d);
(b)paragraph (3)(c) at least 8 weeks before the beginning of the first period specified by AP pursuant to paragraph (2)(d) or if C is not placed for adoption by that time, as soon as reasonably practicable after the placement of C but in any event before that first period; and
(c)paragraph (4) (where applicable) within 14 days of that employer requesting this information where the employer requests it within 14 days of receiving all the notice and information specified in paragraph (2) and (3)(a), (b), (d) and (e).
(2) The notice specified in this paragraph is notice of—
(a)the number of weeks in respect of which AP would be entitled to claim statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in respect of C if entitlement were fully exercised disregarding any intention of A to claim statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in respect of C;
(b)the number of weeks (out of those specified under paragraph (2)(a)) in respect of which AP intends to claim statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in respect of C;
(c)the number of weeks (out of those specified under paragraph (2)(a)) in respect of which A intends to claim statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in respect of C;
(d)the period or periods during which AP intends to claim statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in respect of C.
(3) The information specified in this paragraph is—
(a)a written declaration signed by A who in connection with AP's claim is required to satisfy the conditions in regulation 18(3)—
(i)that A consents to AP's intended claim for statutory shared parental pay (adoption);
(ii)that A meets, or will meet, the conditions in regulation 18(3) (conditions to be satisfied by A);
(iii)that A will immediately inform AP if A ceases to meet the conditions in regulation 18(3)(d);
(iv)specifying A's name, address and national insurance number or, if A has no national insurance number, stating that A has no such number;
(v)specifying the date on which A's adoption pay period in respect of C began and the number of weeks by which it is, or will be, reduced; and
(vi)providing A's consent as regards the processing by the employer who is, or will be, liable to pay statutory shared parental pay (adoption) to AP of the information in the written declaration;
(b)the date on which A was notified that A had been matched with C;
(c)the date of C's placement for adoption;
(d)AP's name;
(e)a written declaration signed by AP—
(i)that the information given by AP is correct;
(ii)that AP meets, or will meet, the conditions in regulation 18(2); and
(iii)that AP will immediately inform the person who will be liable to pay statutory shared parental pay (adoption) if A ceases to meet the condition 18(3)(d) .
(4) The information specified in this paragraph is—
(a)evidence, in the form of one or more documents issued by the adoption agency that matched A with C, of —
(i)the name and address of the adoption agency;
(ii)the date on which A was notified that A had been matched with C; and
(iii)the date on which the adoption agency was expecting to place C for adoption with A; and
(b)the name and address of A's employer or, if A has no employer, a written declaration signed by AP that A has no employer.