Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Miscellaneous provisions

76: Transitional provisions

You could also call this:

“Rules for parental leave before 1988”

This law talks about when you can take parental leave. If you’re expecting a baby to be born before 1 January 1988, you can’t take parental leave under this law. Also, if you started looking after a child before 1 January 1988 with plans to adopt them, you can’t take parental leave for that child under this law. These rules apply even if other parts of the law say something different.

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Part 8 Miscellaneous provisions

76Transitional provisions

  1. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, nothing in section 7 or section 17 or section 23 shall entitle an employee to take any parental leave under this Act in respect of a child the expected date of delivery of whom is before 1 January 1988.

  2. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, nothing in section 8 or section 18 or section 24 shall entitle an employee to take any parental leave under this Act in respect of a child of whom the employee assumed care before 1 January 1988 with a view to adoption by that employee or by that employee and that employee's spouse jointly.