Adoption Act 2010
Amendment of Adoptive Leave Act 1995. |
157.— The Adoptive Leave Act 1995 is amended— | |
(a) in section 2(1)— | ||
(i) by inserting the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘accredited body’ means a body of persons whose name is entered in the register of accredited bodies maintained under Part 13 of the Adoption Act 2010; | ||
‘adoption order’ means an adoption order within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010; | ||
‘Authority’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010;”, | ||
(ii) by substituting the following for the definition of “foreign adoption”: | ||
“ ‘foreign adoption’ means an intercountry adoption effected outside the State within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010;”, and | ||
(iii) by deleting the definition of “registered adoption society”, | ||
(b) in section 7(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (c)(i): | ||
“(c) (i) having caused her employer to be supplied with a copy of an applicable ‘declaration of eligibility and suitability’ (within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010) before the expected day of placement, if not already supplied, and”, | ||
(c) in section 8(6), by substituting the following for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) having caused her employer to be supplied with a copy of an applicable instrument, prepared by or on behalf of the Central Authority of the state of the adoption, that is equivalent to a ‘declaration of eligibility and suitability’ (within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010).”, | ||
(d) in section 9(2)(c), by substituting the following for subparagraph (ii)(I); | ||
“(I) causing his employer to be supplied with a copy of an applicable instrument, prepared by or on behalf of the Central Authority of the state of the adoption, that is equivalent to a ‘declaration of eligibility and suitability’ (within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010) as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 4 weeks after the commencement of the leave, and”, | ||
(e) in section 11(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) causing his employer to be supplied with a copy of an applicable instrument, prepared by or on behalf of the Central Authority of the state of the adoption, that is equivalent to a ‘declaration of eligibility and suitability’ (within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010) as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 4 weeks after the commencement of the leave, and”, | ||
and | ||
(f) in section 13(1)— | ||
(i) in subsections (1)(b), (2) and (6), by substituting “accredited body” for “registered adoption society” wherever occurring, and | ||
(ii) in subsections (6), (7) and (8), by substituting “the Authority” for “An Bord Uchtála” wherever occurring. |