The Maternity Allowance (Curtailment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Interpretation

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“the 1996 Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1);

“C” means the child in respect of whom an entitlement to—

(a)

shared parental leave arises under Article 107E (entitlement to shared parental leave: birth) of the 1996 Order(2); or

(b)

statutory shared parental pay arises under section 167ZU (entitlement: birth) of the 1992 Act(3);

“M” means the mother (or expectant mother) of C;

“maternity allowance period curtailment date” means, subject to regulation 5(5), the date specified in a maternity allowance period curtailment notification;

“maternity allowance period curtailment notification” means a notification given in accordance with regulation 4 and regulation 6(4);

“P” means the father of C, or the person who is married to, or the civil partner or the partner of, M;

“partner” in relation to M, means a person (whether of a different sex or the same sex) who lives with M and C in an enduring family relationship but is not M’s child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew;

“SPL Regulations” means the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(4); and

“ShPP Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(5).

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(6) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(2)

Article 107E was inserted by section 2(2) of the 2015 Act Back [2]

(3)

Section 167ZU was inserted by section 5(2) of the 2015 Act