# The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, Paragraph 1


An employee may not exercise any entitlement to parental leave unless—
(a) he has complied with any request made by his employer to produce for the employer’s inspection evidence of his entitlement, of the kind described in paragraph 2;
(b) he has given his employer notice, in accordance with whichever of paragraphs 3 to 5 is applicable, of the period of leave he proposes to take, and
(c) in a case where paragraph 6 applies, his employer has not postponed the period of leave in accordance with that paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110855582/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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