{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2112",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in the definition of “adoption agency”, for “section 1(4) of the Adoption Act 1976” substitute “section 2(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002”;\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in paragraph (4)(b), for “regulation 11(2) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983” substitute “regulation 33(3)(a) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, regulation 28(3) of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(a)(ii) omitted (18.2.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Parental and Paternity Leave) (Removal of Qualifying Periods etc.) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/15), regs. 1(2)(3), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.12.2014, see reg. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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 The Adoption Act 1976 was repealed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), section 139(3), Schedule 5, paragraph 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1964."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1313."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2112/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:06:45.614668+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}