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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Work and Families Act 2006, Paragraph 31.

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31E+W+SIn section 71 of ERA 1996 (ordinary maternity leave), for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)Regulations under subsection (2)—
(a)shall secure that, where an employee has a right to leave under this section, she is entitled to an ordinary maternity leave period of at least 26 weeks;
(b)may allow an employee to choose, subject to prescribed restrictions, the date on which an ordinary maternity leave period starts;
(c)may specify circumstances in which an employee may work for her employer during an ordinary maternity leave period without bringing the period to an end.”
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