# The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, Paragraph 9

Extent: E+W+S

For the purposes of paragraph 8, a year is the period of twelve months beginning—
(a) ... on the date on which the employee first became entitled to take parental leave in respect of the child in question, ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and each successive period of twelve months beginning on the anniversary of that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3312/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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