EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2004. 2 In these Regulations – “the General Regulations ” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 ; “the Modification Regulations ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Application of Parts XIIZA and XIIZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ; “the Overseas Adoptions Regulations ” means the Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 . Amendment of the General Regulations 2 1 The General Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 11 (conditions of entitlement to statutory paternity pay (adoption): relationship with child and with person with whom the child is placed for adoption) – a at the end of paragraph (2) (definition of “partner”), for “(3)” substitute “(2A)”; b after paragraph (2), insert the following paragraph – 2A The relatives of the adopter referred to in paragraph (2) are the adopter’s parent, grandparent, sister, brother, aunt or uncle. ; c in paragraph (3), for “(2)” substitute “(2A)”. Amendment of the Modification Regulations 3 1 The Modification Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In Schedule 1 (Application of Part XIIZA of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act to Adoptions from Overseas) – a omit the first modification to section 167ZB(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A)); b after the third modification to section 167ZB(2) (relating to paragraph (a)(ii)), insert the following modification – In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week” ; c for the modification to section 167ZB(3) (defining the relevant week), substitute the following modification – For subsection (3) substitute – 3 The references in subsection (2)(c) and (d) to the relevant week are to – a the week in which official notification is sent to the adopter, or b the week at the end of which the person satisfies the condition in subsection (2)(b), whichever is the later. ; d omit the modification inserting section 167ZB(3A). 3 In Schedule 2 (Application of Part XIIZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act to Adoptions from Overseas) – a omit the first modification to section 167ZL(2) of the Act (referring to subsection (3A)); b after the second modification to subsection 167ZL(2) (relating to paragraph (a)), insert the following modification – In paragraph (b), omit “ending with the relevant week” ; c for the modification to subsection 167ZL(3) (defining the relevant week), substitute the following modification – For subsection (3) substitute – 3 The reference in subsection (2)(d) to the relevant week is to – a the week in which official notification is sent to the adopter, or b the week at the end of which the person satisfies the condition in subsection (2)(b), whichever is the later. ; d omit the modification inserting section 167ZL(3A). Amendment of the Overseas Adoptions Regulations 4 1 The Overseas Adoptions Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3(4) (application of regulation 40 of the General Regulations subject to modified definitions), for paragraph (a) (definition of the “appropriate date”) substitute – a in paragraph (2)(b), for “the week in which the adopter is notified of being matched with the child for the purposes of adoption” there were substituted – the week in which – i official notification is sent to the adopter; or ii the person satisfies the condition in section 167ZB(2)(b) or 167ZL(2)(b) of the Act (26 weeks' continuous employment), whichever is the later . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 24th March 2004. R. B. Gamble A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby concur Ann Chant Helen Ghosh Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 1st April 2004