Section 68 — Fair Work Act 2009: General rule for adoption-related leave—child must be under 16 etc.

An employee is not entitled to adoption-related leave unless the child that is, or is to be, placed with the employee for adoption: (a) is, or will be, under 16 as at the day of placement, or the expected day of placement, of the child; and (b) has not, or will not have, lived continuously with the employee for a period of 6 months or more as at the day of placement, or the expected day of placement, of the child; and (c) is not (otherwise than because of the adoption) a child of the employee or the employee’s spouse or de facto partner.