# The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999.
The Regulations remove a limitation on parental leave so as to permit the leave to be taken at any time before a child’s eighteenth birthday. In addition, the Regulations amend the provision on the right to return after maternity and parental leave.
A separate impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations. These Regulations are part of a package of legislative measures and the relevant impact assessment is the Modern Workplaces: shared parental leave and pay administration consultation impact assessment which was published in February 2013. A copy of that impact assessment can be obtained from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Labour Market Directorate, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111121559/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-regulations-2014/note
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