{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/93",
  "legislation_title": "The Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Adopter's entitlement to shared parental leave",
  "text": "(1) A is entitled to be absent from work to take shared parental leave in accordance with Chapter 2 to care for C if A satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2) and AP satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (3).\n(2) The conditions are that—\n(a) A satisfies the continuity of employment test (see regulation 35);\n(b) A has, at the date of the placement for adoption of C, the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of AP);\n(c) A is entitled to statutory adoption leave in respect of C;\n(d) A has ended any entitlement to statutory adoption leave by curtailing that leave under Article 107A(2A) or 107B(3)(a) of the 1996 Order (and that leave remains curtailed) or, where A has not curtailed in that way, A has returned to work before the end of the statutory adoption leave;\n(e) A has complied with regulation 24 (notice to employer of entitlement to shared parental leave);\n(f) A has complied with regulation 26(3) and (4) (evidence for employer); and\n(g) A has given a period of leave notice in accordance with regulation 28.\n(3) The conditions are that—\n(a) AP satisfies the employment and earnings test (see regulation 36); and\n(b) AP has, at the date of the placement for adoption of C, the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of A).\n(4) The entitlement under paragraph (1) is not affected by the number of children placed for adoption through a single placement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Articles 107A and 107B were inserted by S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), Article 3. Article 107A(2A) was inserted by S.I 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)), Schedule 1, paragraph 32. Article 107A(2A) and Article 107B(3) were amended by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 3(4) and (5) (respectively)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/93/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:19.258971+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."
}