(1) In this Act -

"Act of 2015" means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;

"adopting parent" means a qualifying adopter or a surviving parent within the meaning of the definitions of 'qualifying adopter' and 'surviving parent' in section 2(1) of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 but as if, in both of those definitions, 'or is to be placed' were omitted in each place where it occurs;

"adoption order" means an adoption order within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Adoption Act 2010 or a recognition of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State within the meaning of that Act;

"adoptive parent", in relation to a child, means a person in whose favour an adoption order in respect of the child has been made and is in force;

"approved flexible working arrangement" means a flexible working arrangement, the request for which has been approved under section 13C(1)(b)(i);

"civil partner" shall be construed in accordance with section 3 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;