{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/355",
  "legislation_title": "Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 6 (commencement of maternity leave periods)–\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a)–\n(i) omit “, in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a)(iii),”;\n(ii) after “her employer” insert “, in accordance with regulation 4,”;\n(iii) after “to start,” insert “or, if by virtue of the provision for variation in that regulation she has notified more than one such date, the last date she notifies,”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(b)–\n(i) before “the first day” insert “the day which follows”;\n(ii) for “the sixth week” substitute “the fourth week”;\n(c) in paragraph (2), for “with” substitute “on the day which follows”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/355/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:59.831871+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."
}