1. These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st December 2014.
2. In these Regulations—
“Administration Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations 2002(1);
“parental order parent” means a person on whose application the court has made a parental order(2) in relation to a child;
“Pay Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002(3).
3.—(1) The amendments made in Part 2 and 4 of these Regulations have effect only in relation to children matched with a person who is notified of having been matched on or after 5th April 2015.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)a person is matched with a child for adoption when an adoption agency decides that that person would be a suitable adoptive parent for the child;
(b)in a case where paragraph (a) applies, a person is notified as having been matched with a child on the date that person receives notification of the agency’s decision, under regulation 33(3)(a) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005(4), regulation 28(3) of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005(5) or regulation 8(5) of the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009(6);
(c)a person is also matched with a child for adoption when a decision has been made in accordance with regulation 22A of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010(7) and an adoption agency has identified that person with whom the child is to be placed in accordance with regulation 12B of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005(8);
(d)in a case where paragraph (c) applies, a person is notified as having been matched with a child on the date on which that person receives notification in accordance with regulation 12B(2)(a) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005.
(3) In paragraph (2) “adoption agency” has the meaning given, in relation to England and Wales, by section 2 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(9) and in relation to Scotland, by section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007(10).
“parental order” is defined by sections 171ZB(7) and 171ZL(8A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as modified by S.I. 2014/[ ].
S.I. 2002/2822; amended by S.I. 2004/488, S.I. 2005/2114 and S.I. 2014/2862.
S.I. 2010/959; amended by S.I. 2014/1556; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.
S.I. 2005/389; amended by S.I. 2014/1556; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.