The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Definitions

   3. 3. Application

3. PART 2 ENTITLEMENT TO STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY (BIRTH)

   1. 4. Entitlement of mother to statutory shared parental pay (birth)

   2. 5. Entitlement of father or partner to statutory shared parental pay (birth)

   3. 6. Notification and evidential requirements relating to the mother

   4. 7. Notification and evidential requirements relating to the father or partner

   5. 8. Variation of number of weeks of pay to be claimed and of periods when pay is to be claimed

   6. 9. Modification of notice conditions in case of early birth

   7. 10. Extent of entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (birth)

   8. 11. When statutory shared parental pay (birth) is not to be paid

   9. 12. Work during period of payment of statutory shared parental pay (birth)

   10. 13. Care of child during period of payment of statutory shared parental pay

   11. 14. Other cases where there is no liability to pay statutory shared parental pay

   12. 15. Conditions of entitlement to statutory shared parental pay: absence from work

   13. 16. Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (birth) in cases relating to death

4. PART 3 ENTITLEMENT TO STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY (ADOPTION)

   1. 17. Entitlement of adopter to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

   2. 18. Entitlement of partner to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

   3. 19. Notification and evidential requirements relating to the adopter

   4. 20. Notification and evidential requirements relating to the partner

   5. 21. Variation of number of weeks of pay to be claimed and of periods when pay is to be claimed

   6. 22. Extent of entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

   7. 23. When statutory shared parental pay (adoption) is not to be paid

   8. 24. Work during period of payment of statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

   9. 25. Care of child during period of payment of statutory shared parental pay

   10. 26. Other cases where there is no liability to pay statutory shared parental pay

   11. 27. Conditions of entitlement to statutory shared parental pay: absence from work

   12. 28. Entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in cases relating to death

5. PART 4 CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS

   1. 29. Conditions relating to employment and earnings of a claimant’s partner

   2. 30. Conditions as to continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings relating to a claimant for statutory shared parental pay (birth)

   3. 31. Conditions as to continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings in relation to a claimant for statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

   4. 32. Normal weekly earnings of a claimant for statutory shared parental pay

   5. 33. Treatment of persons as employees

   6. 34. Continuous employment

   7. 35. Continuous employment and unfair dismissal

   8. 36. Continuous employment and stoppages of work

   9. 37. Change of employer

   10. 38. Reinstatement after service with the armed forces etc

   11. 39. Treatment of two or more employers or two or more contracts of service as one

6. PART 5 PAYMENT OF STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY

   1. 40. Weekly rate of payment of statutory shared parental pay

   2. 41. Statutory shared parental pay and contractual remuneration

   3. 42. Avoidance of liability for statutory shared parental pay

   4. 43. Payment of statutory shared parental pay

   5. 44. Time when statutory shared parental pay is to be paid

   6. 45. Liability of the Commissioners to pay statutory shared parental pay

   7. 46. Liability of the Commissioners to pay statutory shared parental pay in case of legal custody or imprisonment

   8. 47. Payments by the Commissioners

   9. 48. Persons unable to act

   10. 49. Service of notices

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE

      STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

      1. PART 1 STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY (BIRTH)

         1. 1. Entitlement of father or partner to statutory shared parental pay (birth) in the event of the death of M before curtailment

         2. 2. Notification and variation: death of mother or partner after curtailment

         3. 3. (1) In the case where— (a) P, who in connection...

         4. 4. (1) In the case where— (a) M dies after she...

         5. 5. (1) In the case where— (a) M dies after she...

         6. 6. Death of child

      2. PART 2 STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY (ADOPTION)

         1. 7. Entitlement of adopter’s partner to statutory shared parental pay (adoption) in the event of the death of adopter before curtailment

         2. 8. Notification or variation: death of adopter or adopter’s partner after curtailment

         3. 9. (1) In the case where— (a) AP, who in connection...

         4. 10. (1) In the case where— (a) A dies after A...

         5. 11. (1) In the case where— (a) A dies after A...

         6. 12. Death of child or disrupted placement

9. Explanatory Note