These Regulations make provision relating to shared parental leave in respect of adoptions from overseas. An adoption from overseas is defined in the Regulations as an adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of an adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

Regulation 3 sets out the extent to which the Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment) Regulations 2014 apply to adoptions from overseas and regulations 4 to 6 set out the modifications which apply to those Regulations for the purposes of such adoptions.

Regulation 7 sets out the extent to which the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 apply to adoptions from overseas.

Regulations 8 to 21 set out the modifications which apply to the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 for the purposes of adoptions from overseas. The modifications relate to dates and evidential requirements which are relevant to the entitlement and notification of shared parental leave (adoption).

Regulations 22 to 25 make amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations 2003 to mirror the amendments made to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002, in relation to births and adoptions in Great Britain, by the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations. These Regulations are part of a package of legislative measures and the relevant impact assessment is the Modern Workplaces: shared parental leave and pay administration consultation impact assessment which was published in February 2013. A copy of that impact assessment can be obtained from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Labour Market Directorate, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.