Regulation 3 Application of the General Regulations to adoptions from overseas

(1)

The provisions of the General Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2), in so far as they apply to statutory shared parental pay (adoption), apply to adoptions from overseas, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and the modifications set out in regulations 4 to 16 below.

(2)

The relevant provisions are—

(a)

regulation 2;

(b)

regulation 3(b);

(c)

Parts 3 to 5;

(d)

Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3)

Any references in the provisions of the General Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2) to the provisions of Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act must be construed as references to the provisions of Part 12ZC as modified by the Application Regulations.

(4)

Any references in the provisions of the General Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2) to other provisions of the General Regulations must be construed as references to those provisions as modified by these Regulations.