Clause 21

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the mother’s confinement in respect of the child occurs, or the estimated delivery date for that confinement is, on or after the date of commencement of section 21(a) of the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Act 2016;”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) To avoid doubt, where a male employee or a self‑employed man is the natural father of a child, his entitlement under section 12H(1) or (2) or section 12H(4) (as the case may be) applies only once for each confinement of the child’s mother, regardless of the number of children born during that confinement.”;

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child is on or after the date of commencement of section 21(c) of the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Act 2016;”;

by deleting paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(d)in the case of a male employee, he has served his employer for a period of at least 3 months before the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child;

in the case of a self‑employed man, he has been carrying on his trade, business, profession or vocation for a continuous period of at least 3 months before the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child; and

he is not the natural father of the child.”;

by deleting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a male employee absents himself from work on paternity leave for any period mentioned in section 12H(1), the payment he is entitled to receive from his employer under section 12H(2) is an amount that —

does not exceed $2,500 per week of the male employee’s absence from work under section 12H(1); and

does not exceed a total of $5,000.(4) Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a self‑employed man ceases to be actively engaged in his trade, business, profession or vocation during any period mentioned in section 12H(4), the payment he is entitled to receive from the Government under section 12H(4) is an amount that —

does not exceed $2,500 per week of his cessation of active engagement in his trade, business, profession or vocation; and

does not exceed a total of $5,000.”; and

by deleting subsection (7).