{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-regulations-2014/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1398",
  "legislation_title": "The Flexible Working Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flexible-working-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Form of application",
  "text": "A flexible working application must—\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) state whether the employee has previously made any such application to the employer and, if so, when; and\n(c) be dated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 30.6.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1398/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:14:41.949967+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."
}