The Act of 1994 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 14 -

(i) by the insertion, in subsection (1), of "and, where applicable, any period of transferred paternity leave taken by her" after "end of her maternity leave", in both places in which it occurs, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following for subsection (4):

"(4) Notification under subsection (3) shall be given either at the same time as the relevant notification under section 9 or not later than four weeks before -

(a) the date which would have been the employee's expected date of return to work under Part IV if she had not taken the additional maternity leave, or

(b) where the employee takes transferred paternity leave, the date on which the additional maternity leave is, under subsection (1), to commence.",

(c) in section 14A, by the insertion of the following after subsection (4):