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        "text": "The figure regulation 6 calculates shared parental leave FROM: 52 weeks, less the weeks of statutory maternity leave the mother has taken or is treated as taking (or, where she has no leave entitlement, the weeks of statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance). The 52 is the whole of the statutory maternity leave year, so shared parental leave is what remains of that year rather than an entitlement on top of it.",
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