Section 2 (interpretation) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) by substituting the following definitions for those of "additional adoptive leave" and "adoptive leave":

"'additional adoptive leave' has, subject to subsection (2A), the meaning assigned to it by section 8(1) or, as the case may be, section 10(1);

'adoptive leave' has, subject to subsection (2A), the meaning assigned to it by section 6(1) or, as the case may be, section 9(1);",

(ii) by substituting "Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform" for "Minister for Equality and Law Reform" in the definition of "the Minister", and

(iii) by inserting the following definition:

"'postponed leave' has the meaning assigned to it by section 11C(2) (c);",

and

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

"(2A) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to a period of adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave are references to -

(a) in case part of such leave is postponed under section 11C, the part already taken or the part postponed, as appropriate, or

(b) in any other case, a continuous such period, whether or not so postponed.".