The Act of 1995 is amended -

(a) by the insertion of the following in section 2:

"'paternity leave' and 'transferred paternity leave' have the same meanings as they have in the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016;",

(b) in section 8(1) -

(i) by the substitution of "or is on, adoptive leave or transferred paternity leave" for "or is on, adoptive leave", and

(ii) by the insertion in paragraph (b) of "or, where applicable, any period of transferred paternity leave", after "adoptive leave",

(c) by the deletion, in section 8(3), of "additional adoptive leave." and the substitution of "additional adoptive leave or, where the employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) takes transferred paternity leave, the date on which the additional adoptive leave is, under subsection (1)(b), to commence.",

(d) in section 9, by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):

"(3) The period of adoptive leave referred to in subsection (1) shall commence on the latest of the following:

(a) within 7 days of the death of the adopting mother,

(b) the day of placement, or