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PART 3PARENTAL ORDER PARENTS: CURTAILMENT

19.  Regulation 3 (interpretation) of the Curtailment Regulations as they apply to parental order parents shall read as if in paragraph (1)—

(a)the definition of “A” read—

means in relation to C, the parental order parent of C who has elected to be Parent A in respect of C in accordance with regulation 2(4) of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002(1);

(b)the definition of “AP” read—

means the parental order parent of C who is married to, or is the civil partner or partner of, A;

(c)there were, in the appropriate places alphabetically, the following definitions—

“intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—

(a)

applies, or intends to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with that day, with another person for a parental order in respect of the child, and

(b)

expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;

“parental order” means an order under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;

“parental order parent” means a person—

(a)

on whose application the court has made a parental order in respect of the child, or

(b)

who is an intended parent of a child;.

(1)

Regulation 2(4) as modified by regulation 6 of these Regulations.