In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;

• “A”, in relation to C, means the person with whom C is, or is expected to be, placed for adoption, or, in the case where two people have been matched jointly, whichever of them has elected to be C’s adopter for the purposes of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 20023;

• “AP” means the person who is married to or is the civil partner or the partner of A;

• “C” means—

  1. a

     in Part 2 of the Regulations, the child in relation to whom M has an entitlement to statutory maternity leave;

  2. b

     in Part 3 of the Regulations, the child in relation to whom A has an entitlement to statutory adoption leave;

• “declaration of consent and entitlement” means—

  1. a

     in Part 2 of the Regulations, a written declaration signed by M stating that—

     1. i

        P has given a notice to his employer in accordance with regulations made under section 75E(4)(d) of the 1996 Act4; and

     2. ii

        M has consented to the amount of leave that P intends to take in accordance with regulations made under section 75E(4)(e) of the 1996 Act;

  2. b

     in Part 3 of the Regulations, a written declaration by A stating that—

     1. i

        AP has given notice to AP’s employer in accordance with regulations made under section 75G(4)(d) of the 1996 Act5; and

     2. ii

        AP has consented to the amount of leave that AP intends to take in accordance with regulations made under section 75G(4)(e) of the 1996 Act;

• “expected week of birth” means the week, beginning with midnight between Saturday and Sunday, in which it is expected that the child will be born;

• “leave curtailment date” means the date specified in a leave curtailment notice;

• “leave curtailment notice” means—

  1. a

     in Part 2, a notice which complies with the requirements of regulation 6;

  2. b

     in Part 3, a notice which complies with the requirements of regulation 10;

• “local authority foster parent” means a person approved as a local authority foster parent in accordance with regulations made by virtue of paragraph 12F of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 19896”;

• “M” means the mother (or expectant mother) of C;

• “notice of entitlement” means—

  1. a

     in Part 2 of the Regulations, a notice given by M in accordance with regulations made under section 75E(1)(f) of the 1996 Act;

  2. b

     in Part 3 of the Regulations, a notice given by A in accordance with regulations made under section 75G(1)(f) of the 1996 Act;

• “P” means the father of C, or the person who is married to, or is the civil partner or partner of M;

• “partner” in relation to M or A means a person (whether of a different sex or the same sex) who lives with M or A and with C in an enduring family relationship but is not M or A’s child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew;

• “placed for adoption” means—

  1. a

     placed for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 20027 or the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 20078; or

  2. b

     placed in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 19899 with a local authority foster parent who is also a prospective adopter;

• “prospective adopter” means a person who has been approved as suitable to adopt a child and has been notified of that decision in accordance with regulation 30B(4) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 200510;

• “revocation notice”—

  1. a

     in Part 2, is a notice which complies with the requirements of regulation 8(3);

  2. b

     in Part 3, is a notice which complies with the requirements of regulation 12(2);

• “shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the 1996 Act;

• “shared parental pay” means shared parental pay payable in accordance with the provisions of Part 12ZC of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 199211;

• “statutory adoption leave” means leave under section 75A of the 1996 Act (ordinary adoption leave) and leave under section 75B of the 1996 Act (additional adoption leave);

• “statutory maternity leave” means leave under section 71 of the 1996 Act (ordinary maternity leave) and leave under section 73 of the 1996 Act (additional maternity leave);

• “week” means any period of seven consecutive days.