Explanatory Notes

Children and Families Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 6

13 March 2014

Commentary on Sections

Part 10 – General Provisions

Section 140: Short title and extent

719.Section 126(2) to (4) (statutory rights to leave and pay: further amendments) and section 134 (review of sections on the right to request flexible working) extend to England, Wales and Scotland. In some cases section 126(3) and (4) also extends to Northern Ireland. Section 94 extends to the whole of the United Kingdom. Part 10 (General Provisions) extends to the whole of the United Kingdom. Save for the repeal made by section 90, where a provision of the Act amends or repeals other legislation, that amendment or repeal has the same extent as the provision which is amended or repealed. Subject to the above the Act extends to England and Wales only.