121 Statutory rights to leave and pay of prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed
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121  Statutory rights to leave and pay of prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed

(1)     In section 75A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ordinary adoption leave), after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A)     The conditions that may be prescribed under subsection (1) include conditions as to—

(a)     being a local authority foster parent;

(b)     being approved as a prospective adopter;

(c)     being notified by a local authority in England that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed with the employee under section 22C of the Children Act 1989.”

(2)     In section 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (entitlement to ordinary paternity leave: adoption)—

(a)     in subsection (5), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa)     make provision excluding the right to be absent on leave under this section in the case of an employee who, by virtue of provision under subsection (6A), has already exercised a right to be absent on leave under this section in connection with the same child;”;

(b)     after subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A)     Regulations under subsection (1) shall include provision for leave in respect of a child placed, or

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