Time off in connection with maternity, paternity and adoption5

1

This regulation applies for any period during which a person—

a

is paid maternity allowance,

b

is paid statutory maternity pay,

c

is absent from work during an ordinary maternity leave period under section 71 of the Employment Rights Act 19964 or Article 103 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19965,

d

is paid statutory paternity pay,

e

is absent from work during a paternity leave period under section 80A of the Employment Rights Act 19966 or Article 112A of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19967,

f

is paid statutory adoption pay, or

g

is absent from work during an ordinary adoption leave period under section 75A of the Employment Rights Act 19968 or Article 107A of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19969.

2

For the purposes of the conditions in regulation 4(1), the person is treated as being engaged in qualifying remunerative work during the period.

• This is subject to paragraph (3).

3

The person must have been engaged in qualifying remunerative work immediately before the beginning of the period.

4

A person who is self-employed is treated as engaged in qualifying remunerative work for the requisite number of hours during any period for which paragraph (1) would have applied in his case but for the fact that the work he performed in the week immediately before the period began, although done for payment or in the expectation of payment, was not performed under a contract of service or apprenticeship.