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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Shared Parental Leave and Leave Curtailment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 5th April 2015.
2.—(1) The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (5)(c) of regulation 6, in both places it occurs, for “P” substitute “M”.
(3) In regulation 15—
(a)for paragraph (2)(c) substitute—
“(c)cancel the leave requested provided that the notice is given not less than eight weeks before the leave cancelled by the notice is due to commence.”;
(b)for paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) Regulations 13 and 14 apply to a notice under paragraph (1) as they apply to a period of leave notice given in accordance with regulation 12; and for these purposes a reference in those regulations to a notice under regulation 12 (however expressed) is to be read as a reference to a notice under paragraph (1).”.
(4) In paragraphs (9)(b)(ii) and (10)(a) of regulation 22 for “M” substitute “A”.
(5) In regulation 31—
(a)for paragraph (2)(c) substitute—
“(c)cancel the leave requested provided that the notice is given not less than eight weeks before the leave cancelled by the notice is due to commence.”.
(b)for paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) Regulations 29 and 30 apply to a notice under paragraph (1) as they apply to a period of leave notice given in accordance with regulation 28; and for these purposes a reference in those regulations to a notice under regulation 28 (however expressed) is to be read as a reference to a notice under paragraph (1).”.
3.—(1) The Maternity and Adoption Leave (Curtailment of Statutory Rights to Leave) Regulations 2014(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(c) of regulation 12 for “P’s” substitute “AP’s”.
Jo Swinson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
5th March 2015
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