{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/schedule/paragraph-6",
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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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Entitlement of adopter’s partner to shared parental leave in the event of death of adopter before curtailment",
  "text": "(1) Where before AP has given a notice under regulation 25 A dies—\n(a) without curtailing A’s statutory adoption leave under section 75A(2A) or 75B(3) of the 1996 Act; or\n(b) before the end of the adoption pay period and without curtailing that period under section 171ZN(2A) of the 1992 Act,\nsub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to the entitlement of AP to shared parental leave.\n(2) The provisions of the Regulations apply in respect of any period after A dies with the modifications specified in paragraphs (a) to (l)—\n(a) a person is to be regarded as falling within the definition of P in regulation 3(1) if that person fell within that definition immediately before A died;\n(b) regulation 21(2)(d) does not have effect;\n(c) in regulation 21(3)(a) for “A satisfies” substitute “immediately before A’s death A satisfied”;\n(d) in regulation 21(3)(c) for “A is entitled” substitute “immediately before A’s death, A was entitled”;\n(e) regulation 21(3)(d) does not have effect.\n(f) in regulation 22—\n(i) for paragraph (1) substitute—\n“(1) Where A was entitled to statutory adoption leave, subject to paragraph (9), the total amount of shared parental leave available in relation to C is 52 weeks less the number of weeks of statutory adoption leave taken by A before A died.”;\n(ii) for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) Where A was not entitled to statutory adoption leave, but was entitled to statutory adoption pay, subject to paragraph (10), the total amount of shared parental leave available in relation to C is 52 weeks less the number of weeks of statutory adoption pay payable to A before A died.”;\n(g) in regulation 25(2)(g) for “and A each intend” substitute “intends”;\n(h) in regulation 25(2) after sub-paragraph (h) insert—\n“(i) the date of A’s death.”;\n(i) regulation 25(3)(b) is omitted;\n(j) regulation 26 is omitted;\n(k) regulation 27(3)(d) is omitted;\n(l) where under regulation 25 or 28 a notice is required to be given not less than eight weeks before a start date and it is not reasonably practicable for P to satisfy that requirement, the notice may be given as soon as is reasonably practicable after the death of A and before the start date of the leave. The modification of regulation 28 applies only to the first notice given under regulation 28 following the death of A.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}