6. Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Leave Regulations as they apply to parental order parents shall read as if—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)the definitions of “adopter” and “child” were omitted;
(ii)in the definition of “partner”, the words “a child’s mother or adopter” were “Parent A” and the words “mother or adopter”, in both places, were “Parent A”;
(iii)there were, in the appropriate places alphabetically, the following definitions—
““intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—
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
expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;
“Parent A” in relation to a child, means the parental order parent who has elected to be Parent A;
“parental order” means an order under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;
“parental order parent” means a person—
on whose application the court has made a parental order in respect of the child, or
who is an intended parent of the child;
“parental statutory declaration” means a statutory declaration stating that the person making the declaration—
has applied, or intends to apply, under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 with another person for a parental order in respect of the child within the time limit for making such an application; and
expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;
“shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”
(b)in paragraph (2)—
(i)the words “a child’s mother or adopter” were “Parent A”;
(ii)the words “the mother’s or adopter’s” were “Parent A’s”;
(c)the words of paragraph (4) were—
“a parental order parent elects to be Parent A in relation to a child if he agrees with the other parental order parent of the child that he, and not the other parental order parent, will be Parent A”.