Regulation 22 Adoption pay period in cases where adoption is disruptedI1

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 22(1)(a)(ii) words substituted by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) 2011 Sch. 1 para. 25(3)
reg. 22(1)(a)(ii) substituted by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) 2015 reg. 5(2)
reg. 22(5) inserted by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) 2015 reg. 5(3)

(1)

Where–

(a)

after a child has been placed for adoption–

(i)

the child dies;

(ii)

the child is returned to the adoption agency under Article 31(3) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 or section 30(3) of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 30(3) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, or

(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,

the adoption pay period shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).

(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).

(3)

The week referred to in paragraph (2) is–

(a)

in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a)(i), the week during which the child dies;

(b)

in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the week during which the child is returned;

(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.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3), “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 22 in operation at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1