{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-regulations-2003/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-regulations-2003/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/500",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Adoption pay period in respect of adoptions from overseas where adoption is disrupted",
  "text": "(1) Where after a child enters Great Britain the child—\n(a) dies; or\n(b) ceases to live with the adopter,\nthe adoption pay period shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).\n(2) The adoption pay period shall, in a case falling within paragraph (1), terminate 8 weeks after the end of the week specified in paragraph (3).\n(3) The week referred to in paragraph (2) is—\n(a) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a), the week during which the child dies;\n(b) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b), the week during which the child ceases to live with the adopter.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/500/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:52.247161+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}