Commonwealth Repealed Acts Commonwealth Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
An employee may take long paternity leave to which he is entitled at any time within 12 months after the date of birth of the child.
Note: Long paternity leave must be taken in a single, unbroken period (see section 282). The combined total of paternity leave and related authorised leave taken by the employee and his spouse must be no more than 52 weeks (see section 283). Long paternity leave must not be taken concurrently with any maternity leave, or any other authorised leave of the same type as maternity leave, taken by the employee's spouse because of the birth of the child (see section 285).