Legislation – Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Paragraph 49 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 3 Paragraph 49:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/412, Sch. 3 (as substituted) by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 83
SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments
PART 1Amendments of primary legislation
The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
49
(1)
Article 107H (entitlement to shared parental leave: prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed) is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph (1)—
(a)
omit “who is looked after by an authority and”;
(b)
for “the authority” substitute “an authority”
;
(c)
for “Article 27(2)(a)” substitute “Article 27”
;
(d)
omit “, in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (2),”;
(e)
for “an approved foster parent who is also an approved prospective adopter” substitute “a person who is approved as an authority foster parent and approved as a prospective adopter”
.
(3)
Omit paragraph (2).
(4)
In paragraph (3), for “such references as may be specified” substitute “references to being placed under Article 27 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 with a person who is approved as an authority foster parent and approved as a prospective adopter”
.
(5)
In paragraph (4)—
(a)
for ““approved foster parent”, “approved prospective adopter”,” substitute ““approved as an authority foster parent”, “approved as a prospective adopter” and”
;
(b)
omit “and “child who is looked after by an authority””.