# Police Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 15: Paternity leave

Extent: N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/369/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-trainee-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-15
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