{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/373",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “paternity leave” there shall be inserted the following definitions—\n““statutory adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave and additional adoption leave;\n“statutory adoption leave period” means the period during which the adopter is on statutory adoption leave;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/373/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:13.016724+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."
}