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        "text": "The whole of statutory adoption leave: the 26 weeks of ordinary adoption leave under regulation 18(1) of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 plus the 26 weeks of additional adoption leave under regulation 20(2), which begins the day after the first ends. No provision states 52; it is published as a derivation from the two that do, and recomputed by the build.",
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      "note": "Attaches to the placement: regulation 19 starts the ordinary period on the date of placement or up to 14 days before it, and regulation 20(2) runs the additional period on from it without a gap. Dated 6 April 2003, the date regulation 3(2) gives the adoption-leave provisions effect from — the same date both limbs carry.",
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    "notes": "Not a figure any regulation states, which is the whole reason it is a derivation: GOV.UK's adoption guide prints \"Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 weeks\" and is right, but right as arithmetic over two stated limbs. Both limbs are cited as legislation from the same as-made document, which is why the second receipt's citation names its regulation explicitly — the bytes behind the two are one file.",
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