Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999, SI 1999/3312 regs 4 to 12 and 17 to 22

NOTES

  • The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 SI 1999/3312 were made on 10th December 1999 and came into force on 15th December 1999.
  • The regulations were amended with effect from 10th January 2002 by the Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2001, SI 2001/4010
  • The regulations were further amended with effect from 24th November 2002 by the Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002, SI 2002/2789
  • The regulations are further amended by the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/2014 (these 2006 amendments have effect only in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth begins on or after 1st April 2007 - see reg 2(1) of SI 2006/2014).
  • The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2008, SI 2008/1966 came into force on 23rd July 2008 and have effect in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth began or after 5th October 2008.
    (professional version of this program only)

    The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 SI 1999/3312 are set out below as in force at October 2008
    (professional versions only).

    Click on a regulation number below to go to that regulation in SI 1999/3312 as amended (see above) or for the unamended original version go to the government statutory instruments web site.

    PART 1 - GENERAL

    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 1 - Citation and commencement
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 2 - Interpretation
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 3 - Application

    PART II - MATERNITY LEAVE

    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 4 - Entitlement to ordinary maternity leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 5 - [Entitlement to additional maternity leave: qualifying period of employment - omitted by Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/2014 reg 6 in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth begins on or after 1st April 2007]
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 6 - Commencement of maternity leave periods
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 7 - Duration of maternity leave periods
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 8 - Compulsory maternity leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 9 - Application of terms and conditions during ordinary maternity leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 10 - Redundancy during maternity leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 11 - Requirement to notify intention to return during a maternity leave period
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 12 - [Requirement to notify intention to return after additional maternity leave - omitted by Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002, SI 2002/2789 regs 2(1) and 11 in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth begins on or after 6th April 2003]
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 12A - Work during maternity leave period

    PART III - PARENTAL LEAVE

    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 13 - Entitlement to parental leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 14 - Extent of entitlement
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 15 - When parental leave may be taken
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 16 - Default provisions in respect of parental leave

    PART IV - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN RELATION TO MORE THAN ONE KIND OF ABSENCE

    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 17 - Application of terms and conditions during periods of leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 18 - Right to return after maternity or parental leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 18A - Incidents of the right to return
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 19 - Protection from detriment
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 20 - Unfair dismissal
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 21 - Contractual rights to maternity or parental leave
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 reg 22 - Calculation of a week's pay

    SCHEDULES

    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 sch.1 Workforce Agreements
    Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regs 1999 sch.2 Default provisions in respect of parental leave (as amended by SI 2001/4010)

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    updated October2008