Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021

PART 3

Amendment of Parental Leave Act 1998

Amendment of section 6 of Parental Leave Act 1998

8. Section 6 (9) of the Parental Leave Act 1998 is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “adopting parent”:

“ ‘adopting parent’ means a qualifying adopter or a surviving parent within the meaning of the definitions of ‘qualifying adopter’ and ‘surviving parent’ in section 2(1) (as amended by section 5 of the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021) of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 but as if, in both of those definitions, ‘or is to be placed’ were omitted in each place where it occurs;”.