Part 1: Neonatal Care Leave Section 80EI Chapter 5: Supplemental
Section 80EI allows the Regulations made under 80EF to specify circumstances where neonatal care can be regarded as continuous despite an interruption, this is relevant for the seven days continuous care condition in paragraph 25 above. Regulations may set out what notices and evidence must be given by an employee to their employer and what procedures are to be followed in order to take Neonatal Care Leave as well as any requirements for record keeping. They can also set out the consequences of not complying with any of these requirements or procedures.
	Regulations can make provision for situations where an employee also has a non-statutory right to take Neonatal Care Leave (for example, a right arising under their contract of employment).
	Regulations can also modify the way in which a week’s pay is calculated in Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to take account of periods of Neonatal Care Leave. The concept of ‘a week’s pay’ is widely used in that Act, for example in section 119 which sets out how the basic Employment Tribunal award for unfair dismissal should be calculated.
	Regulations can set out special provision for different cases or circumstances, including; more than one child (with whom an employee has a parental or other personal relationship), receiving neonatal care in specified circumstances or a child receiving neonatal care on two or more separate occasions. This could include making special provision on the extent and applicability of the entitlement to leave in such circumstances.