{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/schedule/paragraph-5",
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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": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Entitlement to shared parental leave in the event of death of child (birth)",
  "text": "(1) Where after a notice of entitlement has been given under regulation 8 C dies following birth, the modifications set out in paragraphs (3), (5) and (6) below apply in relation to the entitlement of M to shared parental leave after C’s death.\n(2) Where after a notice of entitlement has been given under regulation 9 C dies following birth, the modifications set out in paragraphs (4) to (6) below apply in relation to the entitlement of P to shared parental leave after C’s death.\n(3) In regulation 4(1) omit “to care for C”.\n(4) In regulation 5(1) omit “to care for C”.\n(5) In regulation 15 for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) A notice under paragraph (1) may—\n(a) vary the end date of any period of shared parental leave to reduce the period of leave to be taken provided that the notice is given at least eight weeks before the new end date;\n(b) cancel a period or periods of leave.”\n(6) In regulation 16 for paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) After C dies, no notice may be given under regulation 12 and only one notice may be given under regulation 15.”.\n(7) Where more than one child is born of the same pregnancy, a reference in this paragraph relating to the death of C must be construed as a reference to the last of those children to die.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111118856/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}