{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-regulations-2002/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-regulations-2002/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2822",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Adoption pay period in cases where adoption is disrupted",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) after a child has been placed for adoption—\n(i) the child dies;\n(ii) the child is returned after being placed, or\n(b) the adoption pay period has begun prior to the date the child has been placed for adoption, but the placement does not take place,\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)(i), the week during which the child dies;\n(b) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the week during which the child is returned;\n(c) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b), the week during which the person with whom the child was to be placed for adoption is notified that the placement will not be made.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 22(1)(a)(ii) substituted (1.12.2014) by The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2934), regs. 1, 5(2) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 22(5) omitted (8.3.2024) by virtue of The Statutory Paternity Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/121), regs. 2, 14 (with regs. 5(1), 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2822/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:40:16.122758+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."
}