2.—(1) For the purposes of section 63D(6) of the 1996 Act, in order to be a qualifying employee, an employee must have been continuously employed for a period of not less than 26 weeks.
(2) In paragraph (1), a period of continuous employment means a period computed in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 14 of the 1996 Act(1), as if that paragraph were a provision of that Act.
In Chapter 1 of Part 14 of the 1996 Act, section 211 was amended by 2006/1031. Section 212 was amended by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26), section 44, Schedule 4, Part III, paragraphs 5 and 38 and Schedule 9, Table 2. Section 215 was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c.2), Schedule 7, paragraph 21. Section 218 was amended by the Education Act 2002 (c.32), Schedule 21, paragraph 32; the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43), Schedule 1, paragraphs 177 and 180; the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43), Schedule 4, paragraphs 99 and 101, Schedule 13, paragraph 8 and Schedule 14, Parts 4 and 7; the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c.17), Schedule 3, paragraph 13; and S.I. 2000/90, 2002/2469 and 2007/961. Section 219 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8), Schedule 1, paragraph 25(2) and (3) and Schedule 2.