The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80BB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/1058
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80BB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 6th April 2010.

Section 2 Application of section 80BB of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to adoptions from overseas

(1) Section 80BB of the Employment Rights Act 1996 shall have effect in relation to adoptions from overseas with the modifications of the provisions specified in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations that are set out opposite those provisions in the second column of that Schedule.

(2) In these Regulations—

“adoption from overseas” means the adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.