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

Entitlement of adopter to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

17.—(1) A is entitled to statutory shared parental pay (adoption) if A satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2) and AP satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (3).

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a) A satisfies the conditions as to continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings specified in regulation 31 (conditions as to claimant’s continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings);

(b) A has at the date of C’s placement for adoption the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of AP);

(c) A has complied with the requirements specified in regulation 19 (notification and evidential requirements);

(d) A became entitled to statutory adoption pay by reference to the placement for adoption of C;

(e) the adoption pay period that applies as a result of A’s entitlement to statutory adoption pay is, and continues to be, reduced under section 167ZN(2A) of the 1992 Act(1);

(f) it is A’s intention to care for C during each week in respect of which statutory shared parental pay (adoption) is paid to A;

(g) A is absent from work during each week in respect of which statutory shared parental pay is paid to A (except in the cases referred to in regulation 27 (entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption): absence from work); and

(h) where A is an employee (within the meaning of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996) A’s absence from work as an employee during each week that statutory shared parental pay is paid to A is absence on shared parental leave in respect of C.

(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a) AP has at the date of C’s placement for adoption the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of A); and

(b) AP satisfies the employment and earnings conditions in regulation 29 (conditions relating to employment and earnings of claimant’s partner).

(1)

Section 167ZN(2A) was inserted by 2015 c. 1 (N.I.), section 6(6).