S.L. 452.114 Art. 3Leave for medically assisted procreation. 2 [S.L.

(1) The prospective parents who undergo the process of medically assisted procreation, whether in or outside

Malta, shall be entitled to one hundred hours of leave for medically assisted procreation with full pay between them, which leave shall be paid by the employer. 452.114 PROCREATION NATIONAL STANDARD

(2) Leave for medically assisted procreation shall be utilised at any time during the process of medically assisted procreation:

Provided that the prospective parent acting as the receiving person shall be entitled to sixty hours of leave; whereas the other prospective parent shall be entitled to forty hours of leave:

Provided further that there is nothing precluding the prospective parents from utilising the aforementioned hours of leave in a non-continuous manner:

Provided finally that the entitlement to one hundred hours of leave for medically assisted procreation with full pay shall be granted for every process of medically assisted procreation, up to a maximum of three processes.

(3) Leave for medically assisted procreation granted by this order shall be utilised as follows:

(a) if only one of the prospective parents is in employment during the process of medically assisted procreation:

(i) sixty hours of leave shall be enjoyed by that prospective parent acting as the receiving person;

(ii) forty hours of leave shall be enjoyed by that prospective parent who is not acting as the receiving person;

(b) if both prospective parents are in employment, whether with different employers or with the same employer, during the process of medically assisted procreation, leave may be enjoyed concurrently by both prospective parents.

(4) It shall be the responsibility of the employee who is a prospective parent in terms of this order, who requests leave for medically assisted procreation, to provide proof to the employer that he is the receiving or the non-receiving person, and proof about the employment status of the other prospective parent.