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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-and-the-paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110747720",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-and-the-paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “statutory leave” there shall be inserted the following definitions—\n““statutory maternity leave” means ordinary maternity leave and additional maternity leave;\n“statutory maternity leave period” means the period during which the employee is on statutory maternity leave;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110747720/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:53.253138+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."
}