leave will end. You can give the notice before or after you give birth, but you cannot end your maternity leave until at least two weeks after birth.
6.2
You must also give us, at the same time as the curtailment notice, a notice to opt into the SPL scheme (see paragraph 5) or a written declaration that the other parent has given their employer an opt-in notice and that you have given the necessary declarations in that notice.
6.3
The other parent may be eligible to take SPL from their employer before your maternity leave ends, provided you have given the curtailment notice.
6.4
The curtailment notice is binding and cannot usually be revoked. You can only revoke a curtailment notice if maternity leave has not yet ended and one of the following applies: (a) if you realise that neither you nor the other parent are in fact eligible for SPL or ShPP, in which case you can revoke the curtailment notice in writing up to eight weeks after it was given; (b) if you gave the curtailment notice before giving birth, you can revoke it in writing up to eight weeks after it was given, or up to six weeks after birth, whichever is later; or
(c)
if the other parent has died.
6.5
Once you have revoked a curtailment notice you will be unable to opt back into the SPL scheme, unless paragraph (b) applies.
7.
ENDING YOUR PARTNER'S MATERNITY LEAVE OR PAY
7.1
If you are not the mother, but the mother is still on maternity leave or claiming SMP or MA, you will only be able to take SPL once she has either:
(a) returned to work;
(b) given her employer a curtailment notice to end her maternity leave;
(c) given her employer a curtailment notice to end her SMP (if she is entitled to SMP but not maternity leave); or
(d) given the benefits office a curtailment notice to end her MA (if she is not entitled to maternity leave or SMP).
8.
EVIDENCE OF ENTITLEMENT
8.1
You must also provide on request:
(a) A copy of the birth certificate (or if you have not yet obtained a birth certificate, a signed declaration of the child's date and place of birth); and
(b) The name and address of the other parent's employer (or a declaration that they have no employer).
9.
BOOKING YOUR SPL DATES
9.1
Having opted into the SPL system, you must book your leave by giving us a period of leave notice. This may be given at the same time as the opt-in notice or later, provided it is at least eight weeks before the start of SPL.
9.2
The period of leave notice can either give the dates you want to take leave or, if the child has not been born yet, it can state the number of days after birth that you want
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