{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-adoption-and-shared-parental-leave-parental-order-cases-regulations-2014/regulation-21.json",
  "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/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulation 3 (interpretation) of the SPL Regulations as they apply to section 54 parental order parents shall read as if in paragraph (1)—\n(a) the definition of “A” read—\n“means in relation to C, the parental order parent of C who has elected be Parent A in respect of C in accordance with regulation 2(4) of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 ;”;\n(b) the definition of “AP” read—\n“means the parental order parent of C who at the date of C’s birth is married to, or the civil partner or the partner of, A;”;\n(c) there were, in the appropriate places alphabetically, the following definitions—\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, with another person for a parental order in respect of the child; and\n(b)expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;\n“parental order” means an order under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;\n“parental order parent” means a person—\n(a)on whose application the court has made a parental order in respect of the child, or\n(b)who is an intended parent of a child;\n“parental statutory declaration” means a statutory declaration stating that the person making the declaration—\n(a)has applied, or intends to apply, under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 with another person for a parental order in respect of the child within the time limit for making such an application; and\n(b)expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of the child;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21 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(25)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(c) 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(25)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 1.12.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 2(4) as modified by regulation 6 of these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“parental order” is defined in section 75G(6A) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18) as modified by S.I. 2014/3095."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“intended parent” is defined in section 75G(6A) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18) as modified by S.I. 2014/3095."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3096/regulation/21",
    "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."
}