Entitlement to ordinary adoption leaveE+W+S
15.—(1) [F1Subject to paragraph (1A), an] employee is entitled to ordinary adoption leave in respect of a child if he—
(a)satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2), and
(b)has complied with the notice requirements in regulation 17 and, where applicable, the evidential requirements in that regulation.
[F2(1A) An employee is not entitled to be absent from work under paragraph (1) in relation to a child if the employee has already taken ordinary adoption leave as a result of that child being placed, or expected to be placed, with the employee under section 22C of the Children Act 1989.]
(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the employee—
(a)is the child’s adopter; [F3and]
F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)has notified the agency that he agrees that the child should be placed with him and on the date of placement.
F5(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) An employee’s entitlement to leave under this regulation shall not be affected by the placement for adoption of more than one child as part of the same arrangement.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 15(1) substituted (5.4.2015) by The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3206), regs. 1, 6(2) (with reg. 2)
F2Reg. 15(1A) inserted (5.4.2015) by The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3206), regs. 1, 6(3) (with reg. 2)
F3Word in reg. 15(2)(a) inserted (5.4.2015) by The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2112), regs. 1(4), 7(a)
F4Reg. 15(2)(b) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2112), regs. 1(4), 7(b)
F5Reg. 15(3) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2112), regs. 1(4), 7(c)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 15 in force at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1