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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110429109",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “the 1996 Act” insert—\n“‘additional adoption leave’ means leave under section 75B of the 1996 Act;”\n(b) in the definition of “job” omit “additional”;\n(c) after the definition of “parental responsibility” insert—\n“‘statutory leave’ means leave provided for in Part 8 of the 1996 Act;”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110429109/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:49.988634+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."
}