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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application of the Leave Regulations to Parental Order Parents

    4. 4.Application of the Curtailment Regulations to Parental Order Parents

    5. 5.Application of the SPL Regulations to Parental Order Parents

  3. PART 2 PARENTAL ORDER PARENTS: PATERNITY AND ADOPTION LEAVE

    1. 6.Regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Leave Regulations as they apply...

    2. 7.Regulation 3 (application) of the Leave Regulations as they apply...

    3. 8.In regulation 4 (entitlement to paternity leave: birth), paragraph (1A)...

    4. 9.In regulation 8 (entitlement to paternity leave: adoption) of the...

    5. 10.In regulation 9 (options in respect of leave under regulation...

    6. 11.Regulation 10 (notice and evidential requirements for leave under regulation...

    7. 12.In regulation 11 (commencement of leave under regulation 8) of...

    8. 13.In regulation 15 (entitlement to ordinary adoption leave) of the...

    9. 14.Regulations 16 (options in respect of ordinary adoption leave) and...

    10. 15.In regulation 18 (duration and commencement of ordinary adoption leave)...

    11. 16.In regulation 20 (additional adoption leave: entitlement, duration and commencement)...

    12. 17.In regulation 22 (disrupted placement in the course of adoption...

  4. PART 3 PARENTAL ORDER PARENTS: CURTAILMENT

    1. 18.Regulation 2(2) (application) of the Curtailment Regulations as they apply...

    2. 19.Regulation 3 (interpretation) of the Curtailment Regulations as they apply...

  5. PART 4 PARENTAL ORDER PARENTS: SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE

    1. 20.In regulation 2 (application) of the SPL Regulations as they...

    2. 21.Regulation 3 (interpretation) of the SPL Regulations as they apply...

    3. Shared Parental Leave (Adoption)

      1. 22.In regulation 20 (adopter’s entitlement to shared parental leave) of...

      2. 23.In regulation 21 (adopter’s partner’s entitlement to shared parental leave)...

      3. 24.Regulation 23 (periods when shared parental leave may be taken...

      4. 25.In regulation 24 (adopter’s notice of entitlement and intention to...

      5. 26.In regulation 25 (adopter’s partner’s notice of entitlement and intention...

      6. 27.In regulation 26 (supplementary evidence (adoption)) of the SPL Regulations...

      7. 28.In regulation 28 (period of leave notice (adoption)) of the...

      8. 29.In regulation 32 (limit on number of period of leave...

      9. 30.In regulation 34 (entitlement to shared parental leave in the...

      10. 31.In regulation 35 (continuity of employment test) of the SPL...

      11. 32.Regulation 36 (employment and earnings test) of the SPL Regulations...

      12. 33.In the Schedule (shared parental leave in special circumstances) of...

  6. Signature

  7. Explanatory Note