# The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020, Regulation 3: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“adopter” means a person who intends to adopt C;
“C” means the child in relation to whom an entitlement to parental bereavement leave arises;
“intended parent” means a person who—
(a) has applied, or intended to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with the day of C’s birth—
(i) with another person for an order under section 54 (parental orders: two applicants) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of C, or
(ii) as the sole applicant for an order under section 54A (parental orders: one applicant) of that Act in respect of C, and
(b) expected the court to make such an order on that application in respect of C;
“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 C, 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;
“parental bereavement leave” means leave under regulation 4;
“placed for adoption” means placed—
(a) for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007,
(b) in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 1989 (ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained) with a local authority foster parent who is also a prospective adopter, following consideration in accordance with subsection (9B)(c) of that section, or
(c) in accordance with section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 with a prospective adopter, following consideration in accordance with subsection (10) of that section;
“prospective adopter” means a person who has been approved as suitable to adopt a child and has been notified of that decision in accordance with regulation 30B(4) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 or regulation 28(3) of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005;
“relevant domestic authority” means—
(a) in the case of an adopter to whom Part 3 of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 apply and who is habitually resident in Wales, the National Assembly for Wales,
(b) in the case of an adopter to whom the Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 apply and who is habitually resident in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers, and
(c) in any other case, the Secretary of State;
“statutory leave” means leave provided for in Part 8 of the 1996 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111192245/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-parental-bereavement-leave-regulations-2020/regulation-3
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