Regulation 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.

This regulation and regulations 2, 3(a)(i) and (ii) (except for the definitions of “placed for adoption” and “prospective adopter”), 4, 5(a) and (b) (so far as it relates to new sub-paragraph (a) of new paragraph (1A)), 6, 9, 10, 12 and 14(1), (2), (4) and (6) come into operation on 15th March 2015.

Regulations 3(a)(ii) (in so far as it is not already in operation) and (b), 5(b) (so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of new paragraph (1A)), 7, 8, 11, 13 and 14(3) and (5) come into operation on 5th April 2015.