30RExtension of adoption leave

30R Extension of adoption leave (1) An employee may apply in writing for an extension of Division 2 long adoption leave granted to the employee. (2) The employer must grant the application if: (a) it is given to the employer at least 14 days before the last day of the period of leave; and (b) it specifies the first or last day of the extended period of leave, as the case requires; and (c) unless the matters referred to in subparagraphs 30P (3) (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) are still as stated in the relevant statutory declaration — the employee submits with the application for the extension a statutory declaration stating the matters referred to in those subparagraphs; and (d) the period of leave, if extended in accordance with the application, would not exceed the maximum period under regulation 30J, calculated as at the time of granting the application for the extension. (3) The period of adoption leave may be extended again only by agreement between the employer and the employee.