Part 2 of the Act of 2005 is amended by the insertion of the following Chapter after Chapter 11A (inserted by section 31 of the Act of 2016):

“CHAPTER 11B Parent’s Benefit

61F. Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter -

‘Act of 1995’ means the Adoptive Leave Act 1995;

‘Act of 2010’ means the Adoption Act 2010;

‘Act of 2019’ means the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019;

‘adopting mother’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1995;

‘certificate of placement’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 13 of the Act of 1995;

‘day of placement’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2019;

‘declaration of eligibility and suitability’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2010;

‘parent’s leave’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of the Act of 2019;

‘relevant day’ means the first day for which parent’s benefit is claimed;

‘relevant parent’, in relation to a child -

(a) in the case of an employed contributor, has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) of the Act of 2019, and

(b) in the case of a person in insurable self-employment, means a person who is -

(i) in the case of a child who is, or is to be, adopted -

(I) the adopting mother or sole male adopter of the child,