{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-additional-paternity-leave-regulations-2010-ukdsi-2010-9780111491157/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491157",
  "legislation_title": "The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-additional-paternity-leave-regulations-2010-ukdsi-2010-9780111491157",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Variation or cancellation of leave under regulation 14 before leave period has begun",
  "text": "(1) Before P’s leave period has begun, P may cancel P’s leave notice, or vary the dates notified as the start and end date for the period of leave, provided that P gives E written notice (“subsequent notice”)—\n(a) before the earlier of—\n(i) six weeks before the date cancelled or varied, or\n(ii) six weeks before the new date, or,\n(b) if is not reasonably practicable for P to give notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (a), as soon as is reasonably practicable.\n(2) Where P has given subsequent notice, but—\n(a) the notice does not comply with paragraph 1(a), and\n(b) it is not reasonably practicable for E to accommodate the change in P’s arrangements,\nE may require that P take a period of additional paternity leave.\n(3) Additional paternity leave which P is required to take under paragraph (2)—\n(a) shall start—\n(i) on the start date specified by P in the leave notice, or\n(ii) where applicable, the start date specified in the most recent subsequent notice given by P in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1)(a); and\n(b) shall end no later than —\n(i) six weeks after P gave notice under paragraph (1), or\n(ii) the end date specified in the leave notice or, where applicable, the most recent subsequent notice given by P in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1)(a),\nwhichever is the earlier.\n(4) In this regulation, “leave notice” has the meaning given by regulation 16(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491157/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:55:59.156556+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}