Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.
In section 80A (entitlement to paternity leave: birth), after subsection (6) insert—
In section 80B (entitlement to paternity leave: adoption), after subsection (6B) insert—
In section 80D (special cases)—
after subsection (1) insert— ;
in subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)(b)”;
after subsection (2) insert—
This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.
Regulations under subsection (2) are to be made by statutory instrument.
This Act may be cited as the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024.