SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Emergency volunteering leave

PART 1Entitlement to emergency volunteering leave

2Meaning of “volunteering period”

1

For the purposes of paragraph 1 the “volunteering periods” are—

a

the period of 16 weeks beginning with the day on which this Schedule comes into force;

b

any subsequent periods of 16 weeks specified by the relevant national authority in regulations;

c

any period of less than 16 weeks, ending with the expiry of this Part of this Schedule, specified by the relevant national authority in regulations.

2

A volunteering period specified in regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (1)(c)—

a

may not begin before the end of the previous volunteering period;

b

may, but need not, begin immediately after the end of the previous volunteering period.

3

In this paragraph the “relevant national authority” means—

a

in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, the Secretary of State;

b

in relation to Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State or the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland.

4

The Secretary of State may not make regulations under this paragraph in relation to Northern Ireland unless the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland consents.