The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

132.  In section 171ZB(1) (entitlement: adoption) at the end insert—

“(10) This section has effect in a case involving a child placed under section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by a local authority in Wales with a local authority foster parent who has been approved as a prospective adopter with the following modifications—

(a) the references in subsection (2) to a child being placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom are to be treated as references to a child being placed under section 81 in that manner;

(b) the reference in subsection (3) to the week in which the adopter is notified of being matched with the child for the purposes of adoption is to be treated as a reference to the week in which the prospective adopter is notified that the child is to be, or is expected to be, placed with the prospective adopter under section 81;

(c) the reference in subsection (6) to placement for adoption is to be treated as a reference to placement under section 81;

(d) the definition in subsection (7) is to be treated as if it were a definition of “prospective adopter”.

(11) Where, by virtue of subsection (10), a person becomes entitled to statutory paternity pay in connection with the placement of a child under section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, the person may not become entitled to payments of statutory paternity pay in connection with the placement of the child for adoption.”

(1)

Sections 171ZB and 171ZE were inserted by the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), section 2. Sections 171ZA to 171ZE were moved under a new heading “Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay” by the Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18) Schedule 1, paragraph 11. These sections were then moved to Part XIIZA upon the repeal of the “Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay” heading by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), Schedule 7, paragraph 11. Subsections (8) and (9) of section 171ZB were inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 121(3).