{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Mother’s entitlement to shared parental leave",
  "text": "(1) M is entitled to be absent from work to take shared parental leave in accordance with Chapter 2 to care for C if she satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2) and P satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (3).\n(2) The conditions are that—\n(a) M satisfies the continuity of employment test (see regulation 35);\n(b) M has, at the date of C’s birth, the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of P);\n(c) M is entitled to statutory maternity leave in respect of C;\n(d) M has ended any entitlement to statutory maternity leave by curtailing that leave under section 71(3)(ba) or 73(3)(a) of the 1996 Act (and that leave remains curtailed) or, where M has not curtailed in that way, M has returned to work before the end of her statutory maternity leave;\n(e) M has complied with regulation 8 (notice to employer of entitlement to shared parental leave);\n(f) M has complied with regulation 10(3) to (5) (evidence for employer); and\n(g) M has given a period of leave notice in accordance with regulation 12.\n(3) The conditions are that—\n(a) P satisfies the employment and earnings test (see regulation 36); and\n(b) P has, at the date of C’s birth, the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of M).\n(4) Entitlement under paragraph (1) is not affected by the number of children born or expected as a result of the same pregnancy.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}