The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Transitional provision

14.—(1) The amendments made by the following regulations have effect only in relation to children matched with a person who is notified of having been matched on or after 5th April 2015—

(a) regulation 3(a)(ii) (except for the definition of “shared parental leave”) and (b);

(b) regulation 5(b) (so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (c) of new paragraph (1A));

(c) regulation 7(a) and (b); and

(d) regulation 8.

(2) Regulation 10 has effect only in relation to an act or failure to act which takes place on or after 15th March 2015.

(3) Regulation 11 has effect only in relation to an act or failure to act which takes place on or after 5th April 2015.

(4) Regulation 12 has effect only in relation to dismissals where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of Article 129 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1)) falls on or after 15th March 2015.

(5) Regulation 13 has effect only in relation to dismissals where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of Article 129 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996) falls on or after 5th April 2015.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “matched” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(2) (as amended by regulation 3(b)).

(1)

Article 129 was amended by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, Article 40, Schedule 9, paragraph 2, and S.R. 2002 No. 298.

(2)

S.R. 2002 No. 377.