The Parental Bereavement Leave (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 30th September 2022

Coming into operation: 3rd October 2022

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — ENTITLEMENT TO PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

Entitlement to parental bereavement leave

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Options in respect of parental bereavement leave

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Notice requirements for parental bereavement leave

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Commencement of parental bereavement leave

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Commencement of other statutory leave

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PART 3 — TAKING PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

Application of terms and conditions during parental bereavement leave

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Right to return after parental bereavement leave

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Right to return after parental bereavement leave: supplementary

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Protection from detriment

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Unfair Dismissal

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Calculation of a week’s pay for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the 1996 Order

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PART 4 — CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS

Contractual rights to parental bereavement leave

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PART 5 — TRANSITIONAL AND REVOCATION PROVISIONS

Transitional provisions

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Revocation

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 30th September 2022.

Colin Jack — A senior officer of the — Department for the Economy

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Article 70C was inserted by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Article 11 and Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 3; relevant amendments were made by the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I.2), Article 17(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph (4(6), the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), section 15(4) and Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) and (5) and The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), section 4 and Schedule, Part 1, paragraph 19.

[^f00002]: Articles 112EA, 112EB, 112EC and 112ED were inserted by section 1 of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 c. 5.

[^f00003]: Article 131 was substituted by S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Article 11 and Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 8 and amended for relevant purposes by 2022 c. 5 (N.I.) section 4 and Schedule 1, paragraph 24.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16).

[^f00005]: S.R. 2003 No. 16.

[^f00006]: S.R. 1996/467.

[^f00007]: S.R. 1989/253.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2).

[^f00009]: 2008 c. 22; section 54 was amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), section 31A and Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 206 and by S.I. 2018/1413.

[^f00010]: Section 54A was inserted by S.I. 2018/1413.

[^f00011]: S.R. 1989 No. 253.

[^f00012]: 2002 c. 38.

[^f00013]: 2007 asp 4.

[^f00014]: 1989 c. 41.

[^f00015]: Section 22C was inserted by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), section 8 and amended by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), section 2 and Schedule 2, part 1, paragraph 29. S.I. 2016/413 and S.I. 2018/195.

[^f00016]: 2014 anaw/dccc 4.

[^f00017]: S.I. 2005/389; regulation 30B was substituted by S.I. 2013/985.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2005 No. 1313(W.95).

[^f00019]: The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety was renamed the Department of Health under section 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c 5).

[^f00020]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

[^f00021]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00022]: Section 11(3)(aa) was inserted by the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, section 107.

[^f00023]: Article 31(3) was amended by the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)), Article 185(1) Schedule 9, paragraph 154(2).

[^f00024]: Sections 32, 34 and 35 were amended by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 12 and Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraphs 63 and 64 and by S.I. 2016/43.

[^f00025]: 1989 c. 41; section 22C(9B) was inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 2(3).

[^f00026]: S.I. 1995 No. 755 (N.I. 2).

[^f00027]: Article 112EB was inserted by section 1 of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5).

[^f00028]: S.I. 1989 No. 1342 (N.I. 13).

[^f00029]: Paragraph 5D was inserted by section 4 and Schedule 1, paragraph 1 of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5).

[^f00030]: S.R. 1999 No. 471; regulation 13 was amended by S.R. 2002 No. 135.

[^f00031]: S.R. 1989 No. 1342 (N.I. 13).

[^f00032]: Paragraph 5A was inserted by the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), Article 242(1), and amended by S.I.2006/1947 (N.I. 16).

[^f00033]: Article 70C was inserted by S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Article 11 and Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 3, and amended for relevant purposes by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 14(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 4(5).

[^f00034]: Article 131 was substituted by S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9), Article 11 and Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraph 8, and amended for relevant purposes by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 14(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 4(16).

[^f00035]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

[^f00036]: S.R. 2022 No. 166.

Editorial notes