Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019

Amendment of Act of 1994

35. The Act of 1994 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1), by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘parent’s leave’ has the same meaning as it has in the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019;”,

and

(b) in section 16—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “subsections (10) and (10A)” for “subsection (10)”,

(ii) in subsection (1A), by the substitution of “subsections (10) and (10A)” for “subsection (10)”,

(iii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “subsections (10) and (10A)” for “subsection (10)”, and

(iv) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (10) (inserted by section 34(d)(vi) of the Act of 2016):

“(10A) Where, on the date on which a person becomes entitled under subsection (1) to leave under that subsection or, as the case may be, under subsection (1A) to leave under that subsection, the person is on parent’s leave, this section and sections 16A and 16B shall apply to the person subject to the following modifications and any other necessary modifications:

(a) where the person is entitled to subsection (1)(a) leave, the leave shall commence immediately after the end of the parent’s leave and, subject to section 16B, end at the end of the twenty-fourth week following the end of the parent’s leave;

(b) where the person is entitled to subsection (1A) leave, the leave shall commence immediately after the end of the parent’s leave and, subject to section 16B, end at the end of the twenty-fourth week following the end of the parent’s leave;

(c) where the person is entitled to subsection (1)(b) leave, the leave shall commence immediately after the end of the parent’s leave and, subject to sections 16A and 16B, end at the end of the fortieth week following the end of the parent’s leave;

(d) a reference in this section and sections 16A and 16B to—

(i) subsection (1)(a) leave shall be deemed to include a reference to a period of leave to which paragraph (a) applies,

(ii) subsection (1A) leave shall be deemed to include a reference to a period of leave to which paragraph (b) applies, and

(iii) subsection (1)(b) leave shall be deemed to include a reference to a period of leave to which paragraph (c) applies.”.