# The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020, Regulation 3: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“adopter” means a person who intends to adopt C;
“C” means the child in relation to whom an entitlement to statutory parental bereavement pay arises;
“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;
“intended parent” means a person who—
(a)has applied, or intended to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with the day of C's birth—
(i)with another person for an order under section 54 (parental orders: two applicants) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of C, or
(ii)as the sole applicant for an order under section 54A (parental orders: one applicant) of that Act in respect of C, and
(b)expected the court to make such an order on that application in respect of C;
“official notification” means written notification, issued by or on behalf of the relevant domestic authority, that it is prepared to issue a certificate to the overseas authority concerned with the adoption of C, or has issued a certificate and sent it to that authority, confirming, in either case, that the adopter is eligible to adopt and has been assessed and approved as being a suitable adoptive parent;
“placed for adoption” means placed—
(a)for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 ,
(b)in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 1989 (ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained) with a local authority foster parent who is also a prospective adopter, following consideration in accordance with subsection (9B)(c) of that section , or
(c)in accordance with section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 with a prospective adopter, following consideration in accordance with subsection (10) of that section;
“prospective adopter” means a person who has been approved as suitable to adopt a child and has been notified of that decision in accordance with regulation 30B(4) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 or regulation 28(3) of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 ;
“relevant domestic authority” means—
(a)in the case of an adopter to whom Part 3 of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 apply and who is habitually resident in Wales, the National Assembly for Wales,
(b)in the case of an adopter to whom the Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 apply and who is habitually resident in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers, and
(c)in any other case, the Secretary of State;
“statutory parental bereavement pay” means statutory parental bereavement pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZD of the 1992 Act;
“week”, except in Part 3, means a period of seven days ;
“week of C's death” means the week, beginning with a Sunday, in which C dies.
(2) In these Regulations—
(a) references to a child include a child stillborn after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy, and
(b) references to the death of a child are to be read, in relation to a stillborn child, as references to the birth of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/233/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-parental-bereavement-pay-general-regulations-2020/regulation-3
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