{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bereaved-partners-paternity-leave-regulations-2026/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bereaved-partners-paternity-leave-regulations-2026/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348278446",
  "legislation_title": "The Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-bereaved-partners-paternity-leave-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Notice requirements: variation and cancellation",
  "text": "(1) An employee may vary the leave start date that has been notified under regulation 6(2) (notice requirements) or varied under this paragraph, by giving notice to the employer of the new leave start date in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) Notice under paragraph (1) must be given—\n(a) where the new leave start date is no more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, orally or in writing;\n(b) where the new leave start date is more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, in writing.\n(3) Notice under paragraph (1) must be given—\n(a) where the last notified leave start date is no more than eight weeks after the bereavement date—\n(i) before that last notified leave start date, and\n(ii) where—\n(aa) the new leave start date is no more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, before the new leave start date;\n(bb) the new leave start date is more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, at least one week before the new leave start date;\n(b) where the last notified leave start date is more than eight weeks after the bereavement date—\n(i) at least one week before that last notified leave start date, and\n(ii) at least one week before the new leave start date.\n(4) An employee may cancel a period of bereaved partner’s paternity leave that has been notified under regulation 6(2) or varied under paragraph (1), by giving written notice to the employer of the cancellation in accordance with paragraph (5).\n(5) Notice under paragraph (4) must be given—\n(a) where the last notified leave start date is no more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, before that last notified leave start date;\n(b) where the last notified leave start date is more than eight weeks after the bereavement date, at least one week before that last notified leave start date.\n(6) An employee may vary the intended return date that has been notified under regulation 6(2)(b) or (4) or varied under this paragraph, by giving written notice to the employer of the new intended return date in accordance with paragraph (7).\n(7) Notice under paragraph (6) must be given—\n(a) where the last notified intended return date is no more than eight weeks after the bereavement date—\n(i) at least one week before that last notified intended return date, and\n(ii) at least one week before the new intended return date;\n(b) where the last notified intended return date is more than eight weeks after the bereavement date—\n(i) at least eight weeks before the last notified intended return date, and\n(ii) at least eight weeks before the new intended return date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278446/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:09.100342+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."
}