Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019

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Commencement of parent’s leave where relevant parent entitled to adoptive leave under section 6(1) of Act of 1995

9. (1) Subject to this section, where a relevant parent is entitled to parent’s leave, adoptive leave under section 6(1) of the Act of 1995 and additional adoptive leave under section 8(1) of that Act, the day immediately following—

(a) other than where paragraph (b) applies, the end of the period of adoptive leave concerned, or

(b) where the relevant parent is taking a period of additional adoptive leave, the end of the period of the additional adoptive 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 adoptive leave under section 8(1) of the Act of 1995, or

(ii) is taking additional adoptive leave referred to in subparagraph (i) and is not taking transferred paternity leave,

the day immediately following the end of the period of additional adoptive leave concerned,

is specified for the purposes of section 7 (1).

(3) Where adoptive leave under section 6(1) of the Act of 1995 or additional adoptive leave under section 8(1) of that Act, as the case may be, is postponed under section 11C of the Act of 1995, a reference in this section to adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave shall be construed as a reference to postponed 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.