(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision relating to shared parental leave in respect of adoptions from overseas. An adoption from overseas is defined in the Regulations as an adoption of a child who enters Northern Ireland from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of an adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.
Regulation 3 sets out the extent to which the Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 apply to adoptions from overseas and regulations 4 to 7 set out the modifications which apply to those Regulations for the purposes of such adoptions.
Regulation 7 sets out the extent to which the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 apply to adoptions from overseas.
Regulations 8 to 21 set out the modifications which apply to the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 for the purposes of adoptions from overseas. The modifications relate to dates and evidential requirements which are relevant to the entitlement and notification of shared parental leave (adoption).
Regulations 22 to 25 make amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to mirror the amendments made to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, in relation to births and adoptions in Northern Ireland, by the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations. These Regulations are part of a package of legislative measures and the relevant impacts were assessed within the document ‘Sharing parental rights, extending flexibility at work – public consultation’, published in May 2013 (www.delni.gov.uk/index/consultation-zone/archived-consultations/archived-consultations-2013/working-parents-rights.htm), and supplemented by a further publication in April 2014 (www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/equality-good-relations/shared-parental-leave-and-pay.htm).