The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 2002

[F1Additional notice requirements for statutory paternity pay (birth)E+W+S

7.—(1) Where a person has given notice in accordance with regulation 6B(5)(a) or (b), the person must give further notice to the person liable to pay statutory paternity pay, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the child’s birth, of the date the child was born.

(2) In a case where—

(a)a person has given notice in accordance with regulation 6B(5)(c), and

(b)the date of the child’s birth is later than the date specified in that notice as the date on which a period of payment is to begin,

the person must vary the date on which the period of payment is to begin by giving notice to the person liable to pay statutory paternity pay (birth), as soon as is reasonably practicable, that the period in respect of which statutory paternity pay is to be paid will begin on a date different from that originally chosen.

(3) That date may be any date chosen in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 6.

(4) Where a notice is given under regulation 6B(7) or paragraph (2) above which varies the dates of a period of payment, a declaration under regulation 6B(3)(b) in relation to that period must be given at the same time as that notice.

(5) Paragraph (2) does not apply in circumstances where regulation 16A(5) applies.]

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