Regulation 5 Options in respect of leave under regulation 4I1

 P may take leave under regulation 4 at any time within the period which begins 20 weeks after the date on which C is born and ends 12 months after that date.

The minimum period of leave which may be taken is two weeks and the maximum period is 26 weeks.

The leave must be taken in multiples of complete weeks and must be taken as one continuous period.

The leave may not be taken until eight weeks after the date P gave leave notice under regulation 6(1).

This regulation is subject to regulation 24 (disrupted placement or death of a child).