Schedule - Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act

Section 2.

The substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of "the Employment Service" of the following:

" 'the National Manpower Service' means the service known by that title and operated under the control of the Minister;".

The insertion after "section 11(2) " in the definition of "short-time" of "or section 11(3) (as the case may be) ".

Section 4.

The substitution in subsection (1) of "four years" for "two years".

The insertion after subsection (3)(b) of the following:

"(c) In deducing any relationship for the purposes of paragraph (b) -

(i) a person adopted under the Adoption Acts, 1952 and 1964, shall be considered the legitimate offspring of the adopter or adopters;

(ii) subject to clause (i) of this paragraph, an illegitimate person shall be considered the legitimate offspring of his mother and reputed father;

(iii) a person in loco parentis to another shall be considered the parent of that other.