Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019
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Commencement of parent’s leave where relevant parent entitled to maternity leave | ||
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8. (1) Subject to this section, where a relevant parent is entitled to parent’s leave, maternity leave and additional maternity leave, the day immediately following— | ||
(a) other than where paragraph (b) applies, the end of the period of maternity leave concerned, or | ||
(b) where the relevant parent is taking a period of additional maternity leave, the end of the period of additional maternity leave concerned, | ||
is specified for the purposes of section 7 (1). | ||
(2) Where a relevant parent referred to in subsection (1) becomes entitled to transferred paternity leave and— | ||
(a) the relevant parent is, other than where paragraph (b)(i) applies, taking transferred paternity leave, the day immediately following the end of the period of transferred paternity leave concerned, or | ||
(b) where the relevant parent— | ||
(i) is taking transferred paternity leave and additional maternity leave, or | ||
(ii) is taking additional maternity leave and is not taking transferred paternity leave, | ||
the day immediately following the end of the period of additional maternity leave concerned, | ||
is specified for the purposes of section 7 (1). | ||
(3) Where maternity leave or additional maternity leave, as the case may be, is postponed under section 14B of the Act of 1994, a reference in this section to maternity leave or additional maternity leave shall be construed as a reference to resumed leave taken in accordance with that section. | ||
(4) Where transferred paternity leave is postponed under section 11 or 12 of the Act of 2016, a reference in this section to transferred paternity leave shall be construed as a reference to postponed leave taken in accordance with either such section. |