Clause 11

in subsections (1)(b)(i) and (2)(b)(i), replace “section 12E(2) and” with “section 12E(2), the”;

in subsection (1)(b)(i), after “under section 12E(3)”, insert “and the extra absence period,”;

in subsection (2)(b)(i), after “under section 12E(3)”, insert “and the extra absence period”;

in subsection (3)(a)(ii), after “section 12J”, insert “or 12JA”;

in subsection (3)(b), replace sub-paragraph (i) with —“(i)the total period of absence from work under section 12H(1), and the extra absence period, to which the payment by the Government under paragraph (a) relates, exceeds —

if section 12HA(2)(a) applies — 14 days; or

if section 12HA(2)(b) applies — 28 days;”;

in subsection (3)(b)(ii), replace “section 12HA(2)” with “section 12HA(2)(a) or (b), as the case may be”; and

after subsection (4), insert —“(5) In this section, “extra absence period” means —

in the case of subsection (1)(b)(i) in relation to a woman whose employer has claimed reimbursement from the Government under section 10(2A) — the period of the woman’s absence from work granted by the employer that was the subject of the reimbursement;

in the case of subsection (2)(b)(i) in relation to a woman whose employer has claimed reimbursement from the Government under section 12AD(3) — the period of the woman’s absence from work granted by the employer that was the subject of the reimbursement; or

in the case of subsection (3)(b)(i) in relation to a man whose employer has claimed reimbursement from the Government under section 12J(3) or 12JA(6), or under both provisions — the period of the man’s absence from work granted by the employer that was the subject of the reimbursement.”.