The Statutory Adoption Pay (Curtailment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Adoption pay period curtailment notice

7.—(1) An adoption pay period curtailment notice must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the date on which A’s statutory adoption pay period is to end; and

(c) be given to the person who is liable to pay A’s statutory adoption pay.

(2) The date specified in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) must be—

(a) the last day of a week;

(b) at least eight weeks after the date on which A gave the adoption pay period curtailment notice;

(c) at least two weeks after the first day of the adoption pay period; and

(d) at least one week before the last day of the adoption pay period.

(3) If A has more than one entitlement to statutory adoption pay in relation to C, A must curtail the adoption pay period in relation to each (or none) of those entitlements, and in relation to each of those entitlements A must specify an adoption pay curtailment date which falls in the same calendar week.

(4) Where A—

(a) returns to work before giving a notice in accordance with paragraph (1); and

(b) subsequently gives such a notice;

the adoption pay curtailment date shall be the last day of the week in which that notice is submitted (irrespective of the date given in that notice under paragraph (1)).

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and (4), “week” has the meaning given in section 167ZN(8) of the 1992 Act.

(6) In this regulation, A is treated as returning to work where statutory adoption pay is not payable to A in accordance with section 167ZN(3) or (5) of the 1992 Act(1).

(1)

Section 167ZN(3) was amended by the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16), Schedule 1, paragraph 20(1) and (2).