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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111121665",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave (Parental Order Cases) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“Curtailment Regulations” means the Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014;\n“intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—\n(a) applies, or intends to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with that day, with another person for a parental order in respect of the child, and\n(b) expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;\n“Leave Regulations” means the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002;\n“parental order” means an order under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008:\n“parental order parent” means a person—\n(a) on whose application the court has made a parental order in respect of a child, or\n(b) who is an intended parent of a child;\n“paternity leave (adoption)” means paternity leave under regulation 8 of the Leave Regulations;\n“statutory adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave under section 75A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or additional adoption leave under section 75B of that Act;\n“SPL Regulations” means the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2014/[ ]."
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2788; as amended by S.I. 2005/275; S.I. 2005/2114; S.I. 2006/2014; S.I. 2008/1966; S.I. 2011/1740; S.I. 2014/2112."
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      "text": "2008 c.22."
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  "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."
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