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Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.
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2.—Section 2 (interpretation) of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by substituting the following definitions for those of “additional adoptive leave” and “adoptive leave”:
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“ ‘additional adoptive leave’ has, subject to subsection (2A), the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1) or, as the case may be, section 10(1);
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‘adoptive leave’ has, subject to subsection (2A), the meaning assigned to it by section 6(1) or, as the case may be, section 9(1);”,
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(ii) by substituting “Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform” for “Minister for Equality and Law Reform” in the definition of “the Minister”, and
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(iii) by inserting the following definition:
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“ ‘postponed leave’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 11C(2)(c);”,
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and
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(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):
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“(2A) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to a period of adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave are references to—
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(a) in case part of such leave is postponed under section 11C, the part already taken or the part postponed, as appropriate, or
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(b) in any other case, a continuous such period, whether or not so postponed.”.
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