Part 1 General

3 Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“carer’s leave” means leave under section 80J of the 1996 Act;
“day” means a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight, for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 7 and 8;
“relevant period” means a period of 12 months which ends on the last day of the carer’s leave the employee has requested;
“statutory leave” means leave provided for in Part 8 of the 1996 Act;
“week” means a seven day period starting at midnight between Sunday and Monday.