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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1342 (C. 75)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act
2024 (Commencement) Regulations 2025
Made - - - - 15th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2)
of the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024(1).
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024
(Commencement) Regulations 2025.
Commencement of Act
2. The Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 comes into force on 29th December 2025.
Kate Dearden
Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer
Protection
15th December 2025 Department for Business and Trade
(1) 2024 c. 17.Document Generated: 2025-12-19
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations commence the whole of the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 (c. 17). The
Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act 2024 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) to make
provision about paternity leave in cases where a mother, or a person with whom a child is placed
or expected to be placed for adoption, dies.
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