S.L. 452.91 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations -

''the Act'' means the Employment and Industrial Relations Act;

''breastfeeding employee'' means an employee who is breastfeeding during a period of up to twenty-six weeks after her date of confinement and who has informed her employer of her condition by means of a certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner or midwife; ''date of confinement'' means the date of the delivery of the child; ''employee who has recently given birth'' means an employee who has formally informed her employer of her condition by means of a certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner or midwife, and whose date of confinement was:

(a) not more than fourteen weeks before in the case of a stillborn child, and

(b) not more than twenty-six weeks before in the case of a live birth; ''pregnant employee'' means an employee who informs her employer in writing of her pregnancy and who subsequently, within fifteen days, formally informs her employer of her pregnancy and of the expected date of confinement by means of a certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner or midwife; ''risk assessment'' means the assessment carried out by the employer in terms of the General Provisions for Health and Safety at Work Places Regulations, or other relevant legislation in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act; ''special maternity leave'' means leave of absence from work granted by the employer to an employee who is pregnant, breastfeeding or has recently given birth, when, despite the employer taking the steps referred to in regulation 3, there exists or would still exist, a risk that could jeopardise the health or safety of the employee; such leave is to be granted for as long as the risk exists and on terms referred to in these regulations;

''working environment'' means the interaction between the nature of the work, and the physical situation and general environment in which the worker carries out her work.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.