Regulation 4 Interpretation

(1)

In this Part—

“the 2002 Regulations” means the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002^f1;
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations 2003^f2;
“the 2014 Regulations” means the Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave (Parental Order Cases) Regulations 2014^f3.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part—

(a)

“adopter”—

(i)

in relation to children who are placed for adoption, has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2002 Regulations;

(ii)

in relation to adoption from overseas, has the same meaning as in regulation 4(2) of the 2003 Regulations;

(b)

the following expressions have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the 2002 Regulations —

(i)

“expected week”;

(ii)

“paternity leave”;

(iii)

“placed for adoption”;

(c)

the following expressions have the same meanings as in regulation 4(2) of the 2003 Regulations—

(i)

“adoption from overseas”;

(ii)

“enter Great Britain”;

(iii)

“official notification”;

(d)

the following expressions have the same meanings as in regulation 6(a)(iii) of the 2014 Regulations—

(i)

“Parent A”;

(ii)

“section 54 parental order parent”;

(e)

a person is matched with a child for adoption in the circumstances specified in regulation 2(4) of the 2002 Regulations.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 2002/2788, amended by S.I. 2005/2114, 2005/275, 2011/1740, 2014/2112, 2014/3206; there are other amendments but none is relevant. Provisions in S.I. 2002/2788 are applied, with modifications, to adoptions from overseas by S.I. 2003/921 and to parental order parents by S.I. 2014/3096.
f2: S.I. 2003/921, amended by S.I. 2005/2114, 2011/1740, 2014/3092 and S.S.I. 2011/159.
f3: S.I. 2014/3096, amended by S.I. 2018/1413.