Application of the Leave Regulations to adoptions from overseas
7.—(1) The provisions of the Leave Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2), insofar as they apply to shared parental leave (adoption), apply to adoptions from overseas, subject to the modifications set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) and regulations 8 to 21.
(2) The relevant provisions are—
(a)regulation 2;
(b)regulation 3;
(c)Parts 3 to 6;
(d)Part 2 of the Schedule.
(3) Any references in the provisions of the Leave Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2) to the provisions in Chapter 1B of Part 9 of the 1996 Order must be construed as references to the provisions of Chapter 1B as modified by the Application Regulations.
(4) Any references in the provisions of the Leave Regulations mentioned in paragraph (2) to other provisions of those Regulations must be construed as references to those provisions as modified by these Regulations.