Clause 25

by deleting subsection (3) of section 2 and substituting the following subsections:“(3) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.(4) The Minister may, in an order under subsection (3), make such provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent to the enactment of that order as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.”;

by deleting subsection (8) of section 9 and substituting the following subsection:“(8) Despite subsection (7), “total income” in subsection (5A) excludes the gross rate of pay that a female employee is entitled to receive from her employer in respect of the period she was employed by that employer during the period prescribed for the purposes of subsection (5A), if —

upon the making of any representations to the Minister charged with the responsibility for manpower under section 35 of the Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 136), that Minister is satisfied that the female employee was dismissed with just cause or excuse by that employer before her confinement; or

an Employment Claims Tribunal has decided, after hearing a claim mentioned in section 14(2) or 84(2) of the Employment Act, that the female employee was dismissed with just cause or excuse, or for sufficient cause, by that employer before her confinement.”;

by deleting paragraph (a) of section 10(3) and substituting the following paragraph: “(a)by the Minister charged with the responsibility for manpower under section 35 of the Industrial Relations Act;”;

by deleting the words “Minister for Manpower” in section 12(2) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “Minister charged with the responsibility for manpower”;

by deleting “43” in sections 12B(7)(a) and 12D(4)(a) and substituting in each case “88A”; and

by deleting subsection (1B) of section 17.