Clause 18

by deleting the words “subsections (2) and (3)” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “subsections (1B), (1C), (2) and (3)”; (b)by deleting the words “subsection (2)” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “subsections (1B), (1C) and (2)”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1A), the following subsections: “(1B) A male employee is not entitled to childcare leave and extended childcare leave under subsections (1) and (1A) respectively in respect of a qualifying child if —

the male employee is the natural father of the qualifying child; and

either the male employee or the natural mother of the qualifying child was lawfully married to another person, or both of them were lawfully married but not to each other, at the time the qualifying child was conceived.(1C) Despite subsection (1B), if the male employee and the natural mother of the qualifying child become lawfully married to each other after the child is conceived (whether or not the marriage remains subsisting), the male employee then becomes entitled to childcare leave and extended childcare leave under subsections (1) and (1A) respectively in respect of the qualifying child —

in a case where the lawful marriage occurred before the birth of the qualifying child — starting on the date of the child’s birth; and

in any other case — starting on the date of their lawful marriage.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “An employee” in subsection (2), the words “who is entitled to childcare leave and extended childcare leave under subsections (1) and (1A), respectively”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “Subject to subsections” in subsections (16) and (16A), “(16B),”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (16A), the following subsection:“(16B) Subsections (1B) and (1C) apply to a self‑employed man as they apply to a male employee, with the following modifications:

every reference in those subsections to a male employee is to be read as a reference to a self‑employed man;

every reference in those subsections to childcare leave under subsection (1) is to be read as a reference to a claim from the Government of the income mentioned in subsection (16);

every reference in those subsections to extended childcare leave under subsection (1A) is to be read as a reference to a claim from the Government of the income mentioned in subsection (16A).”; and

by deleting “11,” in subsection (21).