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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3096",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave (Parental Order Cases) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“Curtailment Regulations” means the Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014;\n“intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—\n(a)applies, or intends to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with that day—\n(i)with another person for an order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of the child; or\n(ii)as the sole applicant for an order under section 54A of that Act in respect of the child; and\n(b)expects the court to make such an order in respect of the child;\n“Leave Regulations” means the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002;\n...\n...\n“paternity leave (adoption)” means paternity leave under regulation 8 of the Leave Regulations;\n“section 54 parental order parent” means a person—\n(a)on whose application the court has made an order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of a child; or\n(b)who is an intended parent of a child by reference to an application or intended application for such an order;\n“section 54A parental order parent” means a person—\n(a)on whose application the court has made an order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of a child; or\n(b)who is an intended parent of a child by reference to an application or intended application for such an order;\n“statutory adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave under section 75A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or additional adoption leave under section 75B of that Act;\n“SPL Regulations” means the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (3.1.2019) by virtue of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (3.1.2019) by virtue of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.12.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/3052."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2788; as amended by S.I. 2005/275; S.I. 2005/2114; S.I. 2006/2014; S.I. 2008/1966; S.I. 2011/1740; S.I. 2014/2112."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/3050."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3096/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:55:47.600214+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."
}