The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations 2014

Modifications to the General Regulations for the purposes of adoptions from overseas

5.—(1) Regulation 2 (definitions) is modified as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) for the definition of “A” substitute—

““A”, in relation to C, means the person by whom C has been or is to be adopted;” and

(b) insert the following definitions in the appropriate places alphabetically—

““enter Great Britain” means enter Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption;”;

““official notification” means written notification, issued by or on behalf of the relevant central authority, that it is prepared to issue a certificate to the overseas authority concerned with the adoption of C, or that it has issued a certificate and sent it to that authority, confirming, in either case, that A is eligible to adopt, and has been assessed and approved as being a suitable adoptive parent;”;

““relevant central authority” means—

(a)

in the case of an adopter to whom Part 3 of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005(1) applies and who is habitually resident in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b)

in the case of an adopter to whom the Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009(2) apply and who is habitually resident in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers; and

(c)

in any other case, the Secretary of State.”.

(1)

S.I. 2005/392, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.S.I. 2009/182, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.