# Equality Act 2010, Section 213: References to maternity leave, etc.


(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A reference to a woman on maternity leave is a reference to a woman on—
(a) compulsory maternity leave,
(b) ordinary maternity leave, or
(c) additional maternity leave.
(3) A reference to a woman on compulsory maternity leave is a reference to a woman absent from work because she satisfies the conditions prescribed for the purposes of section 72(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
(4) A reference to a woman on ordinary maternity leave is a reference to a woman absent from work because she is exercising the right to ordinary maternity leave.
(5) A reference to the right to ordinary maternity leave is a reference to the right conferred by section 71(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
(6) A reference to a woman on additional maternity leave is a reference to a woman absent from work because she is exercising the right to additional maternity leave.
(7) A reference to the right to additional maternity leave is a reference to the right conferred by section 73(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
(8) “Additional maternity leave period” has the meaning given in section 73(2) of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/213 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-213
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