Clause 21

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

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections: “(1A) A male employee is not entitled to unpaid infant care leave under subsection (1) 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.(1B) Despite subsection (1A), 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 unpaid infant care leave under subsection (1) 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.”; (c)by inserting, immediately after the words “An employee” in subsection (2), the words “who is entitled to unpaid infant care leave under subsection (1)”;

by deleting the words “and each subsequent” in subsection (2)(b)(ii); and

by deleting the words “and in each subsequent succeeding relevant period, respectively” in subsection (2)(b)(ii).