"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;
"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;
"qualifying adopter" - (a) in the case of an employed contributor, has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) of the Act of 1995 (as amended by section 5 of the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021), and (b) in the case of a person in insurable self-employment means - (i) in the case of a child who is, or is to be, adopted jointly by a married couple, a couple who are civil partners of each other or a cohabiting couple, the member of the couple concerned
…