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Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and general (ss. 1-5)1. Short title and commencement2. Interpretation3. Regulations4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements5. ExpensesPart 2 Paternity Leave (ss. 6-17)6. Entitlement to paternity leave7. Notification to employer8. Allocation of paternity leave9. Commencement of paternity leave (early confinement)10. Postponement of paternity leave11. Postponement of paternity leave in event of sickness of relevant parent12. Postponement of paternity leave in event of hospitalisation of child13. Relevant parent to whom section 16 of Act of 1994 applies14. Relevant parent to whom section 9 of Act of 1995 applies15. Entitlement of employed surviving parent to leave on death of relevant parent16. Abuse of paternity leave17. Maintenance of recordsPart 3 Employment protection (ss. 18-26)18. Interpretation (Part 3)19. Preservation or suspension of rights while on paternity leave20. Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.21. Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions22. Protection of employees from penalisation23. General right to return to work on expiry of paternity leave24. Notification of intention to return to work25. Postponement of return to work26. Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to workPart 4 Resolution of disputes (ss. 27-29)27. Disputes regarding entitlements under Act28. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 201529. Burden of proofPart 5 Paternity benefit (ss. 30-31)30. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 200531. Paternity benefitPart 6 Miscellaneous (ss. 32-37)32. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 196733. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 197734. Amendment of Act of 199435. Amendment of Act of 199536. Amendment of section 126 of Taxes Consolidation Act 199737. Amendment of Act of 2015
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AI Summary of 8. Allocation of paternity leave

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 August 2016 - onwards
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8. Allocation of paternity leave

(1) Subject to this section, section 10 and sections 12 to 14, the period of paternity leave shall commence on such day as the relevant parent selects in his or her notification given in accordance with subsection (2) or (5) of section 7, being not earlier than the date of confinement or day of placement, as the case may be, and not later than 26 weeks after such date or day.

(2) Where a relevant parent is employed under a contract of employment for a fixed term and that term expires before the day which, apart from this subsection, would be the last day of his or her paternity leave, then -

(a) notwithstanding any other provision in this Part, the last day of his or her paternity leave shall be the day on which the term expires, and

(b) nothing in this Part shall affect the termination of the relevant parent's contract of employment on that day.

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