Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 923
EMPLOYMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
23rd March 2004
Coming into force
6th April 2004
Whereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 236(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996( 1 ) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 75A(7), 75B(8), 75D(1) of that Act ( 2 ) hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 6th April 2004.
(2) In these Regulations, “The Principal Regulations” means the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 ( 3 ).
Amendments to the Principal Regulations
2. The Principal Regulations shall be amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4.
3. Omit paragraph (3)(b) of regulation 17 (notice and evidential requirements for ordinary adoption leave).
4. In paragraph (b) of regulation 27(1) (incidents of the right to return from adoption leave) omit “as to remuneration”.
Gerry Sutcliffe,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers,
Department of Trade and Industry
23rd March 2004
1996 (c. 18) ; section 236(3) was amended by paragraph 42 of Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26) and paragraph 49 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) .
Sections 75A to 75D were inserted by section 3 of the Employment Act 2002.