Article 15 Amendment of article 21 (maternity, adoption and paternity leave)

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

any period of paid ordinary maternity leave, paid ordinary paternity leave, paid additional paternity leave or paid ordinary adoption leave whether the pay is at the statutory minimum, reduced pay or full pay rate, will count as both qualifying and reckonable service;”; and

in sub-paragraph (b) after “additional maternity leave,” insert “ordinary paternity leave, additional paternity leave,”.