Regulation 17A F1
In regulation 22 (disrupted placement in the course of adoption leave) of the Leave Regulations as they apply to section 54A parental order parents—
paragraph (1) shall read as if the words of that paragraph were—
“This regulation applies where—
(a)the employee does not apply for an order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1998 within the time limit set by subsection (2) of that section;
(b)the employee’s application for an order under that section for the child is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated without the order being granted and any time limit for an appeal or new application has expired; or
(c)the child dies.”;
paragraph (3) shall read as if—
in paragraph (a), the words from “the person with whom” to the end were “the time limit in section 54A(2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 for an application for an order under that section for the child expires;”;
in paragraph (b), the words “paragraph (1)(b)(i)” to the end were “paragraph (1)(b), the week in which the employee’s application for an order under that section is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated without the order being granted;”;
in paragraph (c), the words “paragraph (1)(b)(ii)” to the end were “paragraph (1)(c), the week during which the child dies”; and
paragraph (3A) shall be treated as omitted.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 17A inserted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(21)