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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110855582",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Default provisions in respect of parental leave",
  "text": "The provisions set out in Schedule 2 apply in relation to parental leave in the case of an employee whose contract of employment does not include a provision which—\n(a) confers an entitlement to absence from work for the purpose of caring for a child, and\n(b) incorporates or operates by reference to all or part of a collective agreement or workforce agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110855582/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:18.071142+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."
}