# The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014, Regulation 18A


In regulation 22 (adoption pay period in cases where adoption is disrupted) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to a section 54A parental order parent—
(a) paragraph (1) shall apply as if that paragraph read—
“(1) The adoption pay period shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) where—
(a) the child dies;
(b) the section 54A parental order parent does not apply for an order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of the child within the time limit set by subsection (2) of that section; or
(c) the section 54A parental order parent’s application for an order under that section in respect of the child is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated and any time limit for an appeal or a new application has expired.”; and
(b) in paragraph (3)—
(i) sub-paragraph (a) shall apply as if the reference to paragraph (1)(a)(i) were a reference to paragraph (1)(a);
(ii) sub-paragraph (b) shall apply as if that sub-paragraph read—
“(b) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b) the week during which the time limit in section 54A(2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 for an application for an order under that section for the child expires;”; and
(iii) sub-paragraph (c) shall apply as if that sub-paragraph read—
“(c) in a case falling within paragraph (1)(c) the week during which the section 54A parental order parent’s application for an order under that section is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated without the order being granted.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2934/regulation/18A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-parental-orders-and-prospective-adopters-regulations-2014/regulation-18A
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