{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Mother’s notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave",
  "text": "(1) M must, not less than eight weeks before the start date of the first period of shared parental leave to be taken by M, give her employer a written notice which contains the information specified in paragraph (2) and is accompanied by the declarations specified in paragraph (3).\n(2) The specified information is—\n(a) M’s name;\n(b) P’s name;\n(c) the start and end dates of any period of statutory maternity leave taken or to be taken by M;\n(d) the total amount of shared parental leave available (in accordance with regulation 6(1));\n(e) C’s expected week of birth and C’s date of birth (except as provided for in paragraph (5));\n(f) how much shared parental leave M and P each intend to take;\n(g) an indication as to when M intends to take shared parental leave (including the start and end dates for each period of leave).\n(3) The specified declarations are—\n(a) a declaration signed by M that—\n(i) M satisfies, or will satisfy, the conditions in regulation 4(2);\n(ii) the information given by M in the notice is accurate;\n(iii) M will immediately inform her employer if she ceases to care for C;\n(b) a declaration signed by P—\n(i) specifying P’s name, address, and national insurance number (or a declaration that P does not have a national insurance number);\n(ii) that P satisfies, or will satisfy, the conditions in regulation 4(3);\n(iii) that P is the father of C, or the person who is married to, or the civil partner or the partner of, M;\n(iv) that P consents to the amount of leave which M intends to take (as set out in the notice for the purposes of paragraph (2)(f));\n(v) that P consents to M’s employer processing the information in P’s declaration.\n(4) The references to P in paragraphs (2) and (3) are references to the individual who satisfies paragraph (3) of regulation 4.\n(5) Where a notice is given under paragraph (1) before C is born, M must give C’s date of birth to her employer as soon as reasonably practicable after the birth of C and, in any event, before the first period of shared parental leave to be taken by M.\n(6) The indication provided in accordance with paragraph (2)(g) is non-binding and must not be treated as a period of leave notice unless otherwise indicated in the notice.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}