PART 2CURTAILMENT OF ADOPTION PAY PERIOD

Adoption pay period curtailment notice7

1

An adoption pay period curtailment notice must—

a

be in writing;

b

specify the date on which A’s statutory adoption pay period is to end; and

c

be given to the person who is liable to pay A’s statutory adoption pay.

2

The date specified in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) must be—

a

the last day of a week;

b

at least eight weeks after the date on which A gave the adoption pay period curtailment notice;

c

at least two weeks after the first day of the adoption pay period; and

d

at least one week before the last day of the adoption pay period.

3

If A has more than one entitlement to statutory adoption pay in relation to C, A must curtail the adoption pay period in relation to each (or none) of those entitlements, and in relation to each of those entitlements A must specify an adoption pay curtailment date which falls in the same calendar week.

4

Where A—

a

returns to work before giving a notice in accordance with paragraph (1); and

b

subsequently gives such a notice;

the adoption pay curtailment date shall be the last day of the week in which that notice is submitted (irrespective of the date given in that notice under paragraph (1)).

5

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and (4), “week” has the meaning given in section 167ZN(8) of the 1992 Act.

6

In this regulation, A is treated as returning to work where statutory adoption pay is not payable to A in accordance with section 167ZN(3) or (5) of the 1992 Act8.