{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Father’s or partner’s notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave",
  "text": "(1) P must, not less than eight weeks before the start date of the first period of shared parental leave to be taken by P, give P’s 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) P’s name;\n(b) M’s name;\n(c) the start and end dates of any—\n(i) period of statutory maternity leave taken or to be taken by M;\n(ii) period in respect of which statutory maternity pay received or to be received by M (where statutory maternity leave was not taken or is not be taken in relation to that period) is payable; or\n(iii) period in respect of which maternity allowance received or to be received by M (where statutory maternity leave was not taken or is not be taken in relation to that period) is payable;\n(d) the total amount of shared parental leave available (in accordance with regulation 6(1), (2) or (3));\n(e) C’s expected week of birth and C’s date of birth (except as provided for in paragraph (4));\n(f) how much shared parental leave P and M each intend to take;\n(g) an indication as to when P 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 P that—\n(i) P satisfies, or will satisfy, the conditions in regulation 5(2);\n(ii) the information given by P in the notice is accurate;\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) P will immediately inform P’s employer if P ceases to care for C or if M informs P that she has ceased to satisfy the condition in regulation 5(3)(d);\n(b) a declaration signed by M—\n(i) specifying M’s name, address, and national insurance number (or a declaration that M does not have a national insurance number);\n(ii) that M satisfies, or will satisfy, the conditions in regulation 5(3);\n(iii) that M consents to the amount of leave which P intends to take (as set out in the notice for the purposes of paragraph (2)(f));\n(iv) that M will immediately inform P if she ceases to satisfy the conditions in regulation 5(3)(d);\n(v) that M consents to P’s employer processing the information in M’s declaration.\n(4) Where a notice is given under paragraph (1) before C is born, P must give C’s date of birth to P’s 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 P.\n(5) 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/9",
    "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."
}