The Principal Act is amended in section 2 -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) by the insertion of the following definitions:

"'Act of 2015' means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;

'adopting parent' means a qualifying adopter or a surviving parent within the meaning of the definitions of 'qualifying adopter' and 'surviving parent' in section 2(1) of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 but as if, in both of those definitions, 'or is to be placed' were omitted in each place where it occurs;

'adoptive parent', in relation to a child, means a person in whose favour an adoption order in respect of the child has been made and is in force;

'approved flexible working arrangement' means a flexible working arrangement, the request for which has been approved under section 13C(1)(b)(i);

'civil partner' shall be construed in accordance with section 3 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

'code of practice' means any code of practice for the time being standing approved in accordance with Part 4 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023;

'cohabitant' shall be construed in accordance with section 172(1) of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;

'continuous employment' includes employment completed by an employee under two or more continuous fixed-term contracts with the same employer;