8.—(1) F25[(a) Subject to this Part, F26[a qualifying adopter] who is entitled to, F27[or is on, adoptive leave or transferred paternity leave] shall, on request, be entitled to further leave (to be known as "additional adoptive leave") from the employee’s employment.

(b) The additional adoptive leave F28[or, where applicable, any period of transferred paternity leave] shall commence immediately after the adoptive leave and be for a maximum period of 8 weeks.

(c) The maximum period may be extended by order made by the Minister.]

(2) Entitlement to additional adoptive leave, in a situation other than one to which subsection (5) applies, shall be subject to F26[a qualifying adopter] having caused F26[his or her] employer to be notified in writing of F26[his or her] intention to take such leave.

(3) Notification under subsection (2) shall be given either at the same time as the relevant notification under section 7 (1) (a) or (2) (a) or not later than 4 weeks before the date which would have been the expected date of F26[his or her] return to work if the F26[the qualifying adopter] had not taken the F29[additional adoptive leave or, where the F26[the qualifying adopter] takes transferred paternity leave, the date on which the additional adoptive leave is, under subsection (1)(b), to commence.]

(4) A notification under subsection (2) may be revoked by a further notification in writing by or on behalf of F26[the qualifying adopter] to F26[his or her] employer not later than 4 weeks before the date which would have been the expected date of F26[his or her] return to work if F26[the qualifying adopter] had not taken the additional adoptive leave.

(5) In the case of a foreign adoption, where F26[the qualifying adopter] requires a period of additional adoptive leave before the day of placement, for the purposes of familiarisation with the child who is to be adopted, some or all of the additional adoptive leave may be taken before the day of placement.

(6) Entitlement to additional adoptive leave under subsection (5) shall be subject to F26[the qualifying adopter]—

(a) having caused F26[his or her] employer to be notified in writing not later than 4 weeks before the date on which F26[he or she] intends to take such leave, of the intended date of commencement of such additional adoptive leave, and

F30[(b) having caused F26[his or her] employer to be supplied with a copy of an applicable instrument, prepared by or on behalf of the Central Authority of the state of the adoption, that is equivalent to a "declaration of eligibility and suitability" (within the meaning of section 3 (1) of the Adoption Act 2010).]

(7) A notification under subsection (6) (a) may be revoked by a further notification in writing by or on behalf of F26[the qualifying adopter] to F26[his or her] employer.

(8) A period of additional adoptive leave under subsection (5) shall expire immediately before the day of placement.