{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/87",
  "legislation_title": "The Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/paternity-and-adoption-leave-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "text": "In regulation 4 (entitlement to paternity leave: birth)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for “An” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1A), an”;\n(b) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) An employee is not entitled to be absent from work under paragraph (1) if the employee has taken any shared parental leave in respect of the child.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/87/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:23.709330+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."
}