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| Made | 7th April 2003 | ||
| Coming into operation | 8th April 2003 |
Application of Article 112B of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to adoptions from overseas
2.
Article 112B of the Order shall have effect in relation to adoptions from overseas with the modifications of the provisions specified in the first column of the Schedule that are set out opposite those provisions in the second column of that Schedule.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on
7th April 2003.
L.S.
R. B. Gamble
A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
| Provision | Modification |
| Article 112B(1) | In sub-paragraph (b), for "placed, or expected to be placed, for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom" substitute "who is the subject of adoption from overseas". |
| In sub-paragraph (c), for "a person with whom the child is, or is expected to be, so placed for adoption" substitute "an adopter of the child". | |
| At the end, for "person by reference to whom he satisfies the condition under sub-paragraph (c)" substitute "the child's adopter". | |
| Article 112B(4) | For "child's placement of adoption" substitute "child's entry into Northern Ireland". |
| Article 112B(5) | In sub-paragraph (a), for "a person with whom a child is placed for adoption" substitute "a child's adopter". |
| In sub-paragraph (b), for "exercises a right to be absent from work on adoption leave" substitute "is a child's adopter". | |
| In sub-paragraph (c), for "is placed for adoption" substitute "is the subject of adoption from overseas". | |
| Article 112B(6) |
For paragraph (6), substitute - " (6) Where more than one child is the subject of adoption from overseas as part of the same arrangement, and the date of entry of each child is different, the reference in paragraph (4) to the date of the child's entry into Northern Ireland shall be interpreted as a reference to the date of the entry of the first child to enter Northern Ireland.". |
| Article 112B(7) |
For paragraph (7), substitute - " (7) In this Article - "adopter", in relation to a child, means a person by whom the child has been or is to be adopted or, in a case where the child has been or is to be adopted by two people jointly, whichever of them is the child's adopter for the purposes of regulations under this Article; "adoption from overseas" means the adoption of a child who enters Northern Ireland 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; "week" means any period of seven days.". |
[2] S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16); Article 112B was inserted by Article 4 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))back
[3] See S.R. 1999 No. 481 Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999back
