Section 28 — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with other parent's leave or parental leave payments

28 Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with other parent's leave or parental leave payments Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an employee takes a period of extended leave in accordance with section 27 of this Act, the period of leave so taken may be taken consecutively or concurrently with any period of maternity leave, partner's/paternity leave, or extended leave taken by the employee or the employee's spouse or partner or any period for which the employee's spouse or partner receives a parental leave payment, as the case may be, under this Act. The heading to section 28 was substituted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 16(1) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20). See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment. Section 28 was amended, as from 1 July 2002, by section 21 Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7) by substituting the words “ partner's/paternity leave ” for the words “ paternity leave ” . Section 28 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 8 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18) by inserting the words “ or partner ” after the word “ spouse ” . Section 28 was amended, as from 1 July 2006, by section 16(2) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20) by inserting the words “ or any period for which the employee's spouse or partner receives a parental leave payment, ” after the word “ partner ” . See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment.