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Regulation 8 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

In regulation 4 (entitlement to paternity leave: birth), paragraph (1A)f1 of the Leave Regulations, as they apply to F1section 54 parental order parents, shall read as if the words of that paragraph were—

“An employee is not entitled to be absent from work under paragraph (1) if the employee—

F2(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

meets the criteria for entitlement to paternity leave under regulation 8; or

(c)

meets the criteria for entitlement to adoption leave under regulation 15.”

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 8 inserted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(9)

F2

Words in reg. 8 omitted (18.2.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Parental and Paternity Leave) (Removal of Qualifying Periods etc.) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/15), regs. 1(2)(3), 14 (with reg. 3)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 8 in force at 1.12.2014, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2014/2112.