http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1194/section/2/madeThe Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (No. 2) Regulation 2003Employment terms and conditionsAdoption rightsEmployment regulationsLegislationBenefitsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2017-06-13TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT This instrument contains only regulations made by virtue of sections 2, 4 and 53 of, and paragraphs 8 and 11 of Schedule 7 to, the Employment Act 2002, which came into force on 8th December 2002. The instrument is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions. The regulations in it are therefore exempted by section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 from the requirement under section 172 of that Act to refer the proposals to make the regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee and they are made without reference to the Committee. GeneralInterpretation and scope 2 1 In these Regulations— “the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; “adopter”, in relation to a child, means a person by whom the child has been or is to be adopted; “adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom; “the Application Regulations” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003; “the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; “enter Great Britain” means enter Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; “the General Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002; “official notification” means written notification, issued by or on behalf of the relevant domestic authority, that it is prepared to issue a certificate to the overseas authority concerned with the adoption of the child, or has issued a certificate and sent it to that authority, confirming, in either case, that the adopter is eligible to adopt, and has been assessed and approved as being a suitable adoptive parent; “relevant domestic authority” means— in the case of an adopter to whom the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003 apply and who is habitually resident in Wales, the National Assembly for Wales; in the case of an adopter to whom the Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) (Scotland) Regulations apply and who is habitually resident in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers; in any other case, the Secretary of State; “statutory paternity pay (adoption)” means statutory paternity pay payable in accordance with the provisions of Part 12ZA of the Act, as modified by the Application Regulations, where the conditions specified in section 171ZB(2) of the Act, as modified by the Application Regulations, are satisfied. 2 References in these Regulations to the provisions of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB of the Act are to be construed as references to those provisions as modified by the Application Regulations. 3 These Regulations apply to statutory paternity pay (adoption) and statutory adoption pay in respect of adoptions from overseas. S.I. 2003/499. S.I. 2002/2822. S.I. 2003/118. S.S.I. 2003/19.