(1) Where the placement of a child with an adopting parent terminates before the expiration of the period of leave from the employment to which the adopting parent is entitled under this Part (other than as a result of the death of the child), the adopting parent shall notify the employer in writing (or cause the employer to be so notified) of the date of termination as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 7 days after that date.

(2) On receipt by his or her employer of a notification under subsection (1), the adopting parent shall be required to return to work on such date as is convenient to his or her employer but not later than the date on which the notified period of adoptive leave or, as the case may be, the notified period of additional adoptive leave expires.

(3) In the case of a foreign adoption, where an adopting parent takes additional adoptive leave before the day of placement and no placement takes place, he or she shall return to work on the day on which the notified period of such leave expires, at the latest, and shall cause his or her employer to be notified of the intended date of his or her return to work as soon as is reasonably practicable.