Section F

Adoption

99. Who is Eligible?

To be entitled to Ordinary Adoption Leave (OAL), an officer must:

Have been matched with a child to be placed with him/her by an adoption agency (a certificate at Annex F4 can be used for this purpose)
Where the child is to be adopted by a couple jointly, have chosen to be treated as the adopter for this purpose
Have notified the agency that he/she agrees that the child should be placed with him/her, and agree the date of the placement
Notify their line manager of when he/she wants to take adoption leave within 7 days of the date on which he/she is notified of having been matched with the child

To be entitled to Additional Adoption Leave (AAL) an officer must:

Have the child placed with him/her for adoption
Have worked continuously for 26 weeks, ending with the week (beginning on a Sunday) in which he/she was notified of having been matched with the child
Have taken OAL (which did not end prematurely)

I.O.M.C.S