Regulation 3 Amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in the definition of “adoption agency”, for “section 1(4) of the Adoption Act 1976^f1” substitute “section 2(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f2”;

(ii)

after the definition of “paternity leave” insert—

““shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the 1996 Act^f3”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)(b), for “regulation 11(2) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983^f4” substitute “regulation 33(3)(a) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, regulation 28(3) of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005^f5”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1976 c. 36. The Adoption Act 1976 was repealed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), section 139(3), Schedule 5, paragraph 1.
f2: 2002 c. 38.
f3: Sections 75E and 75G were inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 117.
f4: S.I. 1983/1964.
f5: S.I. 2005/1313.