Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force—
(a)on 24th November 2002, the provisions of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Order, which relate principally to rights during and after maternity leave and rights to statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance, and are subject to the transitional and saving provisions in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to the Order; also paragraphs 12 and 52 of Schedule 7 of the Employment Act 2002 which are consequential upon the coming into force of section 50 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Employment Act 2002 on 9th September 2002; and
(b)on 8th December 2002, the provisions of the Employment Act 2002 specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Order, which include provisions conferring rights to paternity and adoption leave and, subject to transitional provisions in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3, statutory paternity and adoption pay; also administration and enforcement provisions concerning statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay; and
(c)on 6th April 2003, the provisions of the Employment Act 2002 specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Order, which include provisions relating to the rate of statutory maternity pay, amendments concerning the funding of employers' liabilities in respect of statutory maternity pay, and provisions relating to equal pay questionnaires, flexible working and rate of maternity allowance; there are savings relating to maternity pay and maternity allowance in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 3.