# The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014, Regulation 10: Supplementary evidence requirements (birth)

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where M gives a notice under regulation 8 (excluding any notice given under regulation 8(5)), her employer may request within 14 days beginning with the date on which that notice was given—
(a) a copy of C’s birth certificate;
(b) the name and address of P’s employer.
(2) Where P gives a notice under regulation 9 (excluding any notice given under regulation 9(4)), P’s employer may request within 14 days beginning with the date on which that notice was given—
(a) a copy of C’s birth certificate;
(b) the name and address of M’s employer.
(3) Where an employer makes a request under paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) after C’s birth, M or P, as the case may be, must, within 14 days beginning with the date on which that request was made, send the employer—
(a) a copy of C’s birth certificate, where one has been issued, or
(b) if the birth certificate has yet to be issued, a declaration signed by M or P, as the case may be, which states the date and location of C’s birth and states that a birth certificate has not yet been issued.
(4) Where an employer makes a request under paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) before C’s birth, M or P, as the case may be, must, within 14 days beginning on the date on which C is born, send the employer—
(a) a copy of C’s birth certificate, where one has been issued, or
(b) if the birth certificate has yet to be issued, a declaration signed by M or P, as the case may be, which states the date and location of C’s birth and states that a birth certificate has not yet been issued.
(5) Where an employer makes a request under paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b), M or P, as the case may be, must, within 14 days beginning on the date on which that request was made, send the employer—
(a) the name and address requested, or
(b) a declaration that M or P, as the case may be, has no employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3050/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-regulations-2014/regulation-10
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