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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-additional-paternity-leave-regulations-2010-ukdsi-2010-9780111491157/regulation-23",
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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/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Variation or cancellation of leave under regulation 14 in the event of the death of the adopter",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding regulation 19 as modified by regulation 20, P may, on or before the relevant date, cancel P’s leave notice, or vary the dates notified as the start and end dates for the period of leave, by notifying E in writing on or before any date that is varied or cancelled.\n(2) After the relevant date, but 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(3) Where P has given subsequent notice, but—\n(a) the notice does not comply with paragraph 2(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(4) Additional paternity leave which P is required to take under paragraph (3)—\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 paragraphs (1) or (2)(a); and\n(b) shall end no later than—\n(i) six weeks after P gave notice under paragraph (2), 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 paragraphs (1) or (2)(a),\nwhichever is the earlier.\n(5) In this regulation, the terms “relevant date” and “leave notice” have the meanings given by regulation 22(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491157/regulation/23",
    "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."
}