PART VI

PART VI
Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions

SECTION 41

Alternative notification procedure.

41.—(1) Where an adopting parent commences employment within a period of 6 weeks before the day of placement he or she shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable but not later than the day on which he or she commences adoptive leave, cause his or her employer to be notified in writing of his or her intention to take adoptive leave, and where such notification is given, the provisions of section 7 (1) (a), 7 (2) (a) or 9 (2) (a) (i), as the case may be, shall not apply in respect of that period of leave.

(2) Where an adopting parent commences employment within a period of 6 weeks before the day of placement and wishes to take a period of additional adoptive leave before the day of placement under section 8 (5) or section 11, as the case may be, the adopting parent shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no later than the day on which he or she commences such leave, cause his or her employer to be notified in writing of his or her intention to take additional adoptive leave before