{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111118856",
  "legislation_title": "The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Variation of notice of intention to take shared parental leave (adoption)",
  "text": "(1) A may give A’s employer a written notice to vary a notice given under regulation 24 to vary how much shared parental leave A and AP each intend to take.\n(2) AP may give AP’s employer a written notice to vary a notice given under regulation 25 to vary how much shared parental leave AP and A each intend to take.\n(3) A notice under paragraph (1) or (2) must contain—\n(a) an indication as to when A or AP, as the case may be, intends to take shared parental leave (including the start and end dates for each period of leave);\n(b) a description of the periods of shared parental leave that have been notified by A and AP under regulation 28 or 31 in relation to C;\n(c) a description of the periods of statutory shared parental pay that have been notified by A and AP under Regulations made under Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act in relation to C (where that pay was notified in relation to a period in which shared parental leave was not to be taken);\n(d) a declaration signed by A and AP that they agree the variation.\n(4) The indication in the notice provided in accordance with paragraph (3)(a) is non-binding and must not to be treated as a period of leave notice unless otherwise indicated in the notice.\n(5) For the purposes of any notices given by A, the reference to AP in paragraph (3)(d) is a reference to the individual who satisfies paragraph (3) of regulation 20.\n(6) There is no limit on the number of notices that may be given under this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111118856/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:12:22.500806+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."
}