Regulation 3 Amendment of the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—

““looked after child” means a child referred to in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989^f1;”;

““statutory adoption leave” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002^f2;”; and

““statutory adoption pay” means payments payable in accordance with Part 12ZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f3;”.

Annotations

f1: 1989 c.41. Section 22(1) was amended by Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), section 2 (2) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c.35) and section 116(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
f2: S.I. 2002/2788. The definition of “statutory adoption leave” was inserted by S.I. 2006/2014.
f3: 1992 c.4. Part 12ZB was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22) and amended by Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1), sections 2 and 11(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Work and Families Act 2006 (c.18), Schedules 1 and 14 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5), section 63(8)(a) to (c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), S.I. 2003/499, S.I. 2006/1031, S.I. 2006/2012 and S.I. 2011/1740.