SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 4

Provision

Modification

Section 80A

After paragraph (a) in subsection (5) insert—

“(aa)

make provision excluding the right to be absent on leave under this section in the case of an employee who satisfies—

(i)

the conditions specified in regulations under section 75A(1) or 80B(1), or

(ii)

such of those conditions as are specified in regulations under subsection (1);”.

Section 80B

For paragraph (b) of subsection (1) (and the following “and”) substitute—

“(b)

as to being a person—

(i)

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

(ii)

who is an intended parent of a child, and”.

For paragraph (c) of subsection (1) substitute—

“(c)

as to relationship with the other person on whose application the parental order was made or who is an intended parent of the child,”.

In subsection (4), for “placement for adoption” substitute “birth”.

In paragraph (a) of subsection (5), for “a person with whom a child is placed for adoption” substitute “the other person on whose application the court has made a parental order in respect of a child or who is an intended parent of a child”.

Omit paragraph (aa) of subsection (5)5.

In paragraph (c) of subsection (5), for “placed for adoption as part of the same arrangement” substitute “born as a result of the same pregnancy”.

For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)

Where more than one child is born as a result of the same pregnancy, the reference in subsection (4) to the date of the child’s birth shall be read as a reference to the date of birth of the first child born as a result of the pregnancy.”.

Omit subsection (6A)6.
Omit subsection (6B)7.

After subsection (7) insert—

“(7A)

In this section—

“intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—

(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

(b)

expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child; and

“parental order” means an order under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.”.