reg 18A Notification by new or expectant mothers (agency workers)
(1) Nothing in regulation 16A(1) or (2) shall require the hirer to take any action in relation to an agency worker until she has notified the hirer in writing that she is pregnant, has given birth within the previous six months, or is breastfeeding. (2) Nothing in regulation 16A(2) shall require the temporary work agency to end the supply of the agency worker until she has notified the temporary work agency in writing that she is pregnant, has given birth within the previous six months, or is breastfeeding. (3) Nothing in regulation 16A(1) shall require the hirer to maintain action taken in relation to an agency worker— (a) in a case— (i) to which regulation 16A(1) relates; and (ii) where the agency worker has notified the hirer, that she is pregnant, where she has failed, within a reasonable time of being requested to do so in writing by the hirer, to produce for the hirer's inspection a certificate from a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife showing that she is pregnant; or (b) once the hirer knows that she is no longer a new or expectant mother; or (c) if the hirer cannot establish whether she remains a new or expectant mother.