Amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20025
In regulation 8 (entitlement to paternity leave: adoption)—
a
in paragraph (1), for “An” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1A), an”;
b
after paragraph (1) insert—
1A
An employee is not entitled to be absent from work under paragraph (1) if the employee—
a
has taken any shared parental leave in respect of the child;
b
has exercised a right to take time off under Article 85ZJ of the 1996 Order in respect of the child; or
c
has already taken paternity leave in relation to the child as a result of the child being placed with a prospective adopter who is at the time of the placement the employee’s spouse, civil partner or partner.