{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110742664",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in a case where—\n(a) notice of dismissal is given on or after the commencement date of at least—\n(i) the period required by the contract of employment; or\n(ii) if longer, the period required by section 86 of the 1996 Act; and\n(b) the expiry date falls before 1st April 2007.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies and the employer notifies the employee in writing of the employee’s right to make a request under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 before, or on the same day as, the day on which notice of dismissal is given—\n(a) the employer shall be treated as complying with the duty in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6;\n(b) a request shall be treated as being a request made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 provided it—\n(i) is made after the employer notified the employee of his right to make a request;\n(ii) satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 6; and\n(iii) is made—\n(aa) where practicable, at least four weeks before the expiry date; or\n(bb) where that is not practicable, as soon as reasonably practicable (whether before or after the expiry date) after the employer notified the employee of his right to make a request, but not more than four weeks after the expiry date.\n(3) Where this paragraph applies but the employer does not notify the employee in writing of the employee’s right to make a request under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 before, or on the same day as, the day on which notice of dismissal is given—\n(a) the duty to notify in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 does not apply;\n(b) the duty to notify in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 applies as if—\n(i) the employer had failed to notify in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule; and\n(ii) the duty was one to notify at any time before the expiry date;\n(c) a request shall be treated as being a request made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 if it satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of that paragraph and is made—\n(i) before any notification given in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 6; or\n(ii) after such notification and—\n(aa) where practicable, at least four weeks before the expiry date; or\n(bb) where that is not practicable, as soon as reasonably practicable (whether before or after the expiry date) after the employer notified the employee of his right to make a request, but not more than four weeks after the expiry date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110742664/schedule/7/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:16.444409+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}