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Regulation 15 Paternity leaveI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Standing orders under regulation 7 shall make provision for the circumstances in which a police trainee is to be entitled to paternity leave.

(2)

Paternity leave shall consist of two days' leave.

(3)

Where a woman becomes pregnant, paternity leave in connection with that pregnancy shall be taken during the period beginning with the later of—

(a)

the date on which she is certified by a registered medical practitioner to be pregnant, and

(b)

the date 6 months before the one estimated by that practitioner as being the probable date of birth,

and ending 9 months after the birth of the child.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 15 in operation at 2.11.2001, see reg. 1(2)