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6. Entitlement to carer's leave.

(1) Subject to this Act, an employee who has been employed for a period of 12 months continuous employment by the employer from whose employment the carer's leave is proposed to be taken shall be entitled to leave from the employment concerned (to be known and referred to in this Act as "carer's leave") for the purpose of providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person for a period not exceeding 104 weeks for each relevant person if -

(a) the person in respect of whom the employee proposes to provide full-time care and attention is a relevant person,

(b) the employee provides the employer concerned with a decision referred to in subsection (5), or, where appropriate, subsection (6),

(c) during the period of carer's leave the employee provides full-time care and attention to the relevant person, and

(d) during the period of carer's leave the employee does not engage in employment or self-employment other than employment or self-employment prescribed under section 82B(3) (ins

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