The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

PART 1 Introduction

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and come into operation on 15th March 2015.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“A” and “AP” have the same meanings as in the Pay Regulations as modified by these Regulations;

“C”, “expected week of birth” and “statutory shared parental pay (adoption)” have the same meanings as under the Pay Regulations;

“parental order parent” means a person on whose application the court has made a parental order(1) in respect of C;

“parental statutory declaration” means a statutory declaration stating that the person making the declaration—

(a)

has applied, or intends to apply, under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008(2) with another person for a parental order in respect of C within the time limit for making such an application; and

(b)

expects the court to make a parental order on that application in respect of C;

“Pay Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(3).

Application of the Pay Regulations to an intended parent or a parental order parent

3.  The provisions of the Pay Regulations in so far as they apply to statutory shared parental pay (adoption) shall apply to an intended parent(4) or a parental order parent with the modifications set out in Part 2 of these Regulations.

(1)

“Parental order” is defined in section 167ZX(13) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as modified by S.R. 2015 No. 90.

(2)

2008 c. 22.

(3)

S.R. 2015 No. 94.

(4)

“Intended parent” is defined in section 167ZX(13) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as modified by S.R. 2015 No. 90.