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c. The company will write to confirm receipt of your notification (within 28 days of
receiving it) and confirming the date on which your statutory adoption leave
will end which will normally be 52 weeks from the intended start date

d. You can normally change your mind about the date you wish to start your
adoption leave by giving 28 days, notice to the company in writing

e. If you are adopting a child from overseas you should give written notice in three
stages as follows:
i. Where you have 26 weeks' qualifying service, you should inform the
company within 28 days of receiving official notification of the date on
which you received official notification of the placement and the date
the child is expected to enter the UK. If you have less than 26 weeks'
qualifying service, the notice should be given within 28 days of completing
26 weeks' service
ii. In all cases, you must give 28 days' notice of the actual date you want the
adoption leave to start. (For adoptions from abroad, this cannot be
before the child enters the UK.) This date can be changed by giving at least
28 days' notice (or as soon as is reasonably practicable). The company will
write to confirm receipt of this notification (within 28 days of receiving it)
iii. You must advise the company of the date the child entered the UK within
28 days of the entry

PRE-PLACEMENT APPOINTMENTS

From 5 April 2015 an employee who has a child placed with him/her for
adoption will be allowed to take time off to attend adoption appointments.
a. Paid time off will be given to the primary/sole adopter for up to five appointments
of up to
6.5 hours each to make contact and bond with the child

b. For joint adoptions, only one adopter may take paid time off (the primary
adopter) the other adopter may attend up to two unpaid appointments

c. You should give your line manager as much notice as possible of these
appointments and you will be required to provide evidence of the appointments
and that the appointment has been arranged by or at the request of the adoption
agency (for example, a letter or email from the adoption agency)

d. Should you exercise your right to take paid time off to attend pre-placement
appointments, you will be unable to take paternity leave instead of adoption
leave. This means that your partner would have to take up to two weeks paternity
leave in respect of the child that you are adopting. Should you not wish to restrict
your leave entitlement in this way, you may take unpaid time off in respect of pre-
placement appointments which will allow you and your partner to allocate
adoption and paternity leave as you wish