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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 221

EMPLOYMENT

Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

7th April 2003

Coming into operation

8th April 2003

The Department for Employment and Learning in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 167ZK and 167ZT of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations, which contain only regulations made by virtue of and consequential upon Articles 5 and 6 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(2) and which are made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of that statutory provision(3) –

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 8th April 2003.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

Application of Part XIIZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas

2.  Part XIIZA of the Act shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 167ZB, 167ZE and 167ZJ of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 1.

Application of Part XIIZB of the Act to adoptions from overseas

3.  Part XIIZB of the Act shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 167ZL and 167ZS of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 2.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 7th April 2003.

L.S.

R. B. Gamble

A senior officer of the

Department for Employment and Learning

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1APPLICATION OF PART XIIZA OF THE ACT TO ADOPTIONS FROM OVERSEAS

ProvisionModification
Section 167ZB(2)

For “The conditions are” substitute “Subject to subsection (3A), the conditions are”.

In paragraph (a)(i), for “who is placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “who is adopted from overseas”.

In paragraph (a)(ii), for “a person with whom the child is so placed for adoption” substitute “an adopter of the child”.

In paragraph (d), for “the day on which the child is placed for adoption” substitute “the day on which the child enters Northern Ireland”.

In paragraph (e), for “a person with whom the child is placed for adoption” substitute “an adopter of the child”.

Section 167ZB(3)

For “the adopter is notified of being matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” substitute “official notification is sent to the adopter”.

After subsection (3), insert the following subsection –

(3A) Where at the time that the adopter is sent official notification the person has been in employed earner’s employment with an employer for less than a continuous period of 26 weeks, subsection (2)(b) shall have effect as if the words “ending with the relevant week” were omitted..

Section 167ZB(6)For “the placement for adoption of more than one child as part of the same arrangement” substitute “the adoption from overseas of more than one child as part of the same arrangement”.
Section 167ZB(7)Omit subsection (7).
Section 167ZE(3)In paragraph (b), for “with the date of the child’s placement for adoption” substitute “with the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland”.
Section 167ZE(10)

For subsection (10) substitute –

(10) Where more than one child is the subject of adoption from overseas as part of the same arrangement, and the date of entry of each child is different, the reference in subsection (3)(b) to the date of the child’s entry into Northern Ireland shall be interpreted as a reference to the date of the entry of the first child to enter Northern Ireland..

Section 167ZJ(1)

In the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert –

“adopter”, in relation to a child, means a person by whom the child has been or is to be adopted;

“adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, and the references to a child adopted from overseas shall be construed accordingly;

“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 the child, 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;

“relevant domestic authority” means –

(a)

in the case of an adopter to whom the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 apply, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; and

(b)

in any other case, the Secretary of State..

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2APPLICATION OF PART XIIZB OF THE ACT TO ADOPTIONS FROM OVERSEAS

ProvisionModification
Section 167ZL(2)

For “The conditions are” substitute “Subject to subsection (3A), the conditions are”.

In paragraph (a), for “with whom a child is, or is expected to be, placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom” substitute “who is, or is expected to be, an adopter of a child from overseas”.

Section 167ZL(3)

For “is notified that he has been matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” substitute “is sent official notification”.

After subsection (3), insert the following subsection –

(3A) Where, at the time that the adopter is sent official notification, he has been in employed earner’s employment with an employer for less than a continuous period of 26 weeks –

(a)subsection (2)(b) shall have effect as if the words “ending with the relevant week” were omitted;

(b)subsection (3) shall have effect as if the words “(2)(b) and” were omitted..

Section 167ZL(4)In paragraph (b), for “placed for adoption with him” substitute “adopted by him”.
Section 167ZL(5)For “the placement, or expected placement, for adoption of more than one child” substitute “the adoption, or expected adoption from overseas of more than one child”.
Section 167ZS(1)

In the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert –

“adopter”, in relation to a child, means a person by whom a child has been or is to be adopted;

“adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, and the reference to an adopter from overseas shall be construed accordingly;

“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 the child, 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;

“relevant domestic authority” means –

(a)

in the case of an adopter to whom the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 apply, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; and

(b)

in any other case, the Secretary of State..

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

This Statutory Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of Articles 5 and 6 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, which came into operation on 8th December 2002. The Statutory Rule is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of those provisions. The regulations in it are therefore exempted by section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 from the requirement under section 149 of that Act to refer the proposals to make the regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and they are made without reference to the Committee.

These Regulations, made under provisions inserted into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 by the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, apply Parts XIIZA and XIIZB of that Act, as modified by these Regulations, to adoptions from overseas, which are adoptions of children who enter Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom. The Regulations relating to statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay in connection with adoptions from overseas are the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 223).

(1)

1992 c. 7; sections 167ZA to 167ZK of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Part XIIZA) were inserted by Article 5 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), and sections 167ZL to 167ZT (Part XIIZB) by Article 6 of that Order

(3)

See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

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