5 Amendment of the principal Regulations
In regulation 13 (entitlement to parental leave)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), after the words “employed for a period of not less than a year”, insert “or is to be treated as having been so employed by virtue of paragraph (1A)”;
(b) after paragraph (1), insert—

“1A If, in a case where regulation 15(2) or (3) applies—
(a) the employee was employed, during the period between 15th December 1998 and 20th April 2002 both dates inclusive, by a person other than the person who was his employer on 21st April 2002, and
(b) the period of his employment by that person (or, if he was employed by more than one person during that period, any such person) was not less than a year,
then, for the purposes of paragraph (1), he shall be treated as having been continuously employed for a period of not less than a year.”

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(c) omit regulation 13(3).