The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 6:

"Entitlement to parental leave.

6.

(1) Subject to this Act, an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child shall be entitled to leave from his or her employment, to be known and referred to in this Act as 'parental leave', for a period of 14 working weeks to enable him or her to take care of the child.

(2) Subject to sections 10(4) and 11(6), a period of parental leave shall end -

(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), not later than the day on which the child concerned attains the age of 8 years,

(b) subject to paragraph (c), in the case of a child who -

(i) is the subject of an adoption order, and

(ii) has, on or before the date of the making of that order, attained the age of 6 years but not 8 years,

not later than the expiration of the period of 2 years beginning on that date, or

(c) if the child concerned has a disability, not later than the day on which the child -

(i) attains the age of 16 years, or

(ii) ceases to have that disability or any other disability,

whichever first occurs.