3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of the General Regulations mentioned in paragraph (3) shall, insofar as they apply to statutory paternity pay (adoption) and statutory adoption pay, apply to adoptions from overseas.
(2) Any references to the provisions of Parts XIIZA or XIIZB of the Act in the regulations of the General Regulations mentioned in paragraph (3) shall be construed as references to those provisions as modified by the Application Regulations.
(3) The provisions of the General Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) are regulations 17 to 19, 26 to 28, 31 to 39, 41 to 47 and, subject to paragraph (4), regulation 40.
(4) In the General Regulations, the provisions of regulation 40 shall apply as if –
(a)in paragraph (2)(b), for “the adopter is notified of being matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” there were substituted “the adopter receives official notification”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (2), there were added “ “official notification” has the same meaning as in the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1)”.