This Section amends sections 80A and 80B of the ERA 1996.
	Subsection (1) amends section 80A of the ERA 1996 (entitlement to paternity leave: birth) by omitting paragraph (a) in subsection (1) and paragraph (a) in subsection (6A). This removes the power for the Secretary of State to make regulations relating to the duration an employee must be employed before being entitled to be absent from work on Paternity Leave (birth). It also removes a modification made in relation to Bereaved Partners Paternity Leave which is no longer required.
	Subsection (2) amends section 80B of the ERA 1996 (entitlement to paternity leave: adoption) by omitting paragraph (a) in subsection (1) and paragraph (a) in subsection (6C). This removes the power for the Secretary of State to make regulations relating to the duration an employee must be employed before being entitled to be absent from work on Paternity Leave (adoption). It also removes a modification made in relation to Bereaved Partners Paternity Leave which is no longer required.
Part 1: Employment Rights Entitlements to leave Section 16: Paternity Leave: removal of qualifying period of employment