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Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act
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4. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a), by substituting “equal to the period referred to in section 6(1)” for “of 18 weeks”,
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(b) in subsection (1)(aa)(ii), by substituting “the number of weeks referred to in section 6(1) in total,” for “18 weeks in total, or”,
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(c) in subsection (1)(b)(iii), by substituting “subparagraphs (i) and (ii), or” for “subparagraphs (i) and (ii).”,
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(d) in subsection (1), by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
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“(ba) where an employee has taken leave pursuant to paragraph (a), (aa) or (b), periods each consisting of not less than 1 week.”,
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(e) in subsection (2)(a), by substituting—
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(i)“equal to the period referred to in section 6(1)” for “of 18 weeks” in each place where it occurs, and
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(ii)“the relevant number times” for “18 times”,
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(f) in subsection (2)(b), by substituting “, (aa) or (ba) of subsection (1)” for “or (aa)”,
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(g) in subsection (3), by inserting “subsections (3A) and (3B)” for “subsection (3A)”,
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(h) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3A):
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“(3B) Subsection (3) shall not apply to—
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(a) any period of parental leave proposed to be taken by an employee—
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(i) in respect of a child who has attained the age of 11 years before or on the specified day, and
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(ii) before the 1st anniversary of that day,
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if the operation of section 6(2)(a) would prevent the employee from taking all or any part of that parental leave after that day, or
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(b) any period of parental leave proposed to be taken by an employee—
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(i) in respect of a child who has attained the age of 15 years before or on the specified day, and
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(ii) before the 1st anniversary of that day,
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if the operation of section 6(2)(c) would prevent the employee from taking all or any part of that parental leave after that day.”,
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and
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(i) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (4):
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“(5) In this section, ‘relevant number’ means the number equivalent to the number of weeks referred to in section 6(1).”.
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