In the Shared Parental Leave and Paternity and Adoption Leave (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 201412, after regulation 20 insert—

“Modifications to the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 for the purposes of adoptions from overseas20A.

In regulation 39 (redundancy: shared parental leave), for paragraph (1B) substitute—

“(1B)

The relevant day referred to in paragraph (1A)(c) is the day after a period of 18 months beginning with the day on which the child enters Great Britain.”