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68General rule for adoption‑related leave—child must be under 16 etc.
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68 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.