The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Application of the Pay Regulations to intended parents and parental order parents

7.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent—

(a) paragraph (1) shall read as if—

(i) the definition of “adopter” were omitted;

(ii) there were the following definitions—

““Parent A” in relation to a child means the intended parent or parental order parent who has elected to be Parent A;

“parental order parent” means a person on whose application the court has made an order in respect of the child under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 2008(1);

“statutory shared parental pay” means statutory shared parental pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZC of the Act(2);”;

(b) paragraph (2) shall apply as if that paragraph read—

“(2) An intended parent or a parental order parent elects to be Parent A in relation to a child if that person (A) agrees with the other intended parent or parental order parent of the child (B) that A and not B will be parent A.”.

(1)

2008 c .22.

(2)

Part 12ZC was inserted by 2015 c. 1, section 5(2).