# Employment Rights Act 1996, Section 80EE: Application in relation to stillbirths


In this Chapter—
(a) references to a child include a child stillborn after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy, and
(b) references to the death of a child are to be read, in relation to a stillborn child, as references to the birth of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/80EE (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-80EE
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