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E.6 (1) An officer who has been granted adoption rights under the Children’s Act and wishes to take leave for purposes of bonding and integrating the child into the family, will be entitled to Child Adoption Leave in accordance with the Employment Act, subject to production of an adoption order.

(2) Where the adoption is by both the officer and spouse, and the spouse is also an employee in the service, child adoption leave will only apply to the female officer.