Regulation 10

In regulation 9 (options in respect of leave under regulation 8) of the Leave Regulations as they apply to parental order parents—

(a)

paragraph (2) shall read as if the words “the child is placed with the adopter” were “the child is born”;

(b)

paragraph (3) shall read as if the words of that paragraph were—

“Subject to paragraph (2), an employee may choose to begin a period of leave under regulation 8 on—

(a)
the date on which the child is born;

(b)
the date falling such number of days after the date on which the child is born as the employee may specify in a notice under regulation 10; or

(c)
a predetermined date, specified in a notice under that regulation, which is later than the first day of the expect week of the child’s birth.”.