Summary Jurisdiction (Wives and Children) Act, 28/10/1963 Section 9. Interim order for maintenance: "Where on the hearing of an application is adjourned for any period exceeding one week, the court may order that the husband do pay to the wife […] such weekly or monthly sum […] for the maintenance of the wife and any child or children in her custody until the final determination of the case". Employment Act. Employment Regulations, 1/05/1991. Regulation16.1: "A female worker under a contract of continuous employment or […] under a contract for a fixed term or a part time […] is entitled to a total of 12 weeks paid maternity leave of which not less than 10 weeks shall be taken after the date of confinement, and to 4 weeks unpaid maternity leave […]". Regulation modified by the “Employment (Conditions of Employment) (amendment) Regulations, 2000”. 2: "Where, whether before or after the period of paid maternity leave […], a female worker is medically certified as unfit for work on grounds of illness, or of disability arising out of pregnancy or confinement, she is entitled to sick leave […]". Regulation 18: "A female worker entitled to paid maternity leave shall not return to work before the end of her entitlement leave and an employer who permits or induces a female worker so to return is guilty of an offence". Regulation 23.1: "A female worker from the time she is 6 months' pregnant and up to 3 months after her confinement, shall not be employed in overtime work or at night between the hours of 10pm and 5am". 2: "Where at anytime during pregnancy and up to 3 months after confinement, a female worker produces a medical certificate that a change in the nature of her work or duties is necessary in the interest of her health or that of her child, she has the right to be transferred to other work or duties appropriate to her condition without loss of wages". 3: "Where a transfer is not possible […] the female worker is entitled to sick leave". Public Service Orders, June 1996 Order 32. Employment of women "All avenues of employment in the Public Service will be open to women who are suitable qualified and there will be no difference between the salary or other terms of service of men and women