PART 3PARENTAL ORDER PARENTS: CURTAILMENT

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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 20029;

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—

    1. 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

    2. 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—

    1. a

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

    2. b

      who is an intended parent of a child;