Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021

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Number 4 of 2021

FAMILY LEAVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2021

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title and commencement

2. Definition

3. Repeal

PART 2

Amendment of Adoptive Leave Act 1995

4. Definition

5. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1995

6. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1995

7. Miscellaneous amendments of Act of 1995

PART 3

Amendment of Parental Leave Act 1998

8. Amendment of section 6 of Parental Leave Act 1998

PART 4

Amendments of Social Welfare Acts

9. Definition

10. Amendment of section 58 of Act of 2005

11. Amendment of section 60 of Act of 2005

12. Amendment of section 61A of Act of 2005

13. Amendment of section 61B of Act of 2005

14. Amendment of section 61F of Act of 2005

15. Amendment of section 61G of Act of 2005

PART 5

Amendment of Child and Family Agency Act 2013

16. Definition

17. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 2013

18. Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2013

PART 6

Amendment of Workplace Relations Act 2015

19. Amendment of section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015

PART 7

Amendment of Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016

20. Definition

21. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2016

22. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2016

23. Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2016

PART 8

Amendment of Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019

24. Definition

25. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2019

26. Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2019

27. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 2019

28. Amendment of section 7 of Act of 2019

29. Amendment of section 16 of Act of 2019

PART 9

Amendment of Judicial Council Act 2019 and Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003

30. Amendment of Judicial Council Act 2019

31. Amendment of section 20 of Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003

SCHEDULE

Miscellaneous amendments of Act of 1995

Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21)

Adoptive Leave Act 1995 (No. 2)

Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (No. 40)

Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (No. 9)

Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (No. 31)

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33)

Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35)

Parental Leave Act 1998 (No. 30)

Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (No. 46)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16)

Number 4 of 2021

FAMILY LEAVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2021

An Act to amend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 to enable a couple who jointly adopt a child to choose which member of the couple is to be entitled to employment leave under that Act for the purpose of the adoption; to amend the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to extend the period to which a relevant parent is entitled to leave from his or her employment under that Act and to extend the period in which such leave may be taken; for those purposes to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and certain other enactments; to amend the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to increase the number of ordinary members of the Board of the Child and Family Agency to nine; to amend the Judicial Council Act 2019 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 to make further provision in relation to the operation of personal injuries guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council; and to provide for related matters.

[27th March, 2021]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: