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Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act.
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5.—Section 9 (entitlement of adopting father to adoptive leave in certain circumstances) (amended, as to the period of such adoptive leave, by Article 5 of the Order of 2004) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) (a) Where an adopting mother dies, the adopting father shall be entitled to leave (to be known as ‘adoptive leave’) from his employment.
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(b) The adoptive leave shall be for a period of—
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(i) in case the adopting mother dies on or after the day of placement, 16 weeks less the period between the date of placement and the date of her death, or
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(ii) in any other case, 16 weeks.
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(c) The period may be extended by order made by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs and the Minister for Finance.”.
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