Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2003 No. 222

EMPLOYMENT

Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made

8th April 2003

Coming into operation

9th April 2003

The Department for Employment and Learning(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 70C(2)(2), 107A(1) to (3), (6) and (7), 107B(1), (2), (4) and (8), 107C(1) and (2), 107D(1)(3), 112B(1), (2) and (5), 112C(1) and (6), 112D(1), 112E(4) and 131(1)(5) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, and now vested in it(6), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations –

(1)

Formerly the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; see 2001 c. 15 (N.I.)

(2)

S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16). Article 70C was inserted by paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)) and amended by paragraph 4(6) and (7) of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))

(3)

Articles 107A to 107D were inserted by Article 3 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))

(4)

Articles 112B to 112E were inserted by Article 4 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)). Article 112B of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 is, by regulations made under Article 112B(8) of that Order, namely the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Application of Article 112B to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 220), applied to cases which involve adoption, but not the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, with the modifications prescribed by those Regulations. The Articles cited in the preamble that are so modified are Articles 112B(1) and (5).

(5)

Article 131 was substituted by paragraph 8 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9)) and amended by paragraph 4(13) and (14) of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))

(6)

See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999