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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36, s.17

Section 17 — Ability to take paternity leave following shared parental leave

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2026-04-06

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) In section 80A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (entitlement to paternity leave: birth)—

(a) omit subsection (4A);

(b) in subsection (6A), omit paragraph (c).

(2) In section 80B of that Act (entitlement to paternity leave: adoption)—

(a) omit subsection (4A);

(b) in subsection (6C), omit paragraph (c).

(3) In section 171ZE of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (rate and period of statutory paternity pay), in subsection (3A), omit paragraph (b) (and the “or” before it).

(4) In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a), in section 118 of the Children and Families Act 2014, omit subsections (6) and (7).