Statutory adoption pay
Adoption pay period in respect of adoptions from overseas where adoption is disrupted13.
(1)
Where after a child enters Great Britain the child—
(a)
dies; or
(b)
ceases to live with the adopter,
the adoption pay period shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2).
(2)
The adoption pay period shall, in a case falling within paragraph (1), terminate 8 weeks after the end of the week specified in paragraph (3).
(3)
The week referred to in paragraph (2) is—
(a)
in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a), the week during which the child dies;
(b)
in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b), the week during which the child ceases to live with the adopter.
(4)
For the purposes of paragraph (3), “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.