PART 1GENERAL
Application3
1
The provisions of Part II of these Regulations have effect only in relation to employees whose expected week of childbirth begins on or after 30th April 2000.
2
Regulation 19 (protection from detriment) has effect only in relation to an act or failure to act which takes place on or after 15th December 1999.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2)—
a
where an act extends over a period, the reference to the date of the act is a reference to the last day of that period, and
b
a failure to act is to be treated as done when it was decided on.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3), in the absence of evidence establishing the contrary an employer shall be taken to decide on a failure to act—
a
when he does an act inconsistent with doing the failed act, or
b
if he has done no such inconsistent act, when the period expires within which he might reasonably have been expected to do the failed act if it was to be done.
5
Regulation 20 (unfair dismissal) has effect only in relation to dismissals where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the 1996 Act) falls on or after 15th December 1999.