Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendments to the Principal Regulations

7.  In regulation 6 (commencement of maternity leave periods)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(a)–

(i) omit “, in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(iii),”;

(ii) after “her employer” insert “, in accordance with regulation 4,”;

(iii) after “to start,” insert “or, if by virtue of the provision for variation in that regulation she has notified more than one such date, the last date she notifies,”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b)–

(i) before “the first day” insert “the day which follows”;

(ii) for “the sixth week” substitute “the fourth week”;

(c) in paragraph (2), for “with” substitute “on the day which follows”.