Regulation 8 Amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

for paragraph (1)(b)(ii) substitute—

“(ii)

the child is returned after being placed for adoption.”;

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)

In paragraph (1) “returned after being placed for adoption” means—

(a)

returned to the authority under Article 31(3) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987^f1;

(b)

where the child is placed for adoption in the circumstances described in paragraph (b) of the definition of “placed for adoption” in regulation 2(1), returned to the authority following termination of the placement;

(c)

returned under sections 31 to 35 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

(d)

in Scotland, returned to the adoption agency, adoption society or nominated person in accordance with section 25(6) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007; or

(e)

where the child is placed in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 1989, returned to the adoption agency following a termination of the placement.”.