# The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Regulation 25: Return to work


For the purposes of these Regulations, a mother (“M”) or adopter (“A”) is treated as returning to work if one of the following situations applies—
(a) in a case where M or A is entitled to maternity leave or to adoption leave in respect of a child (“C”), the leave period has ended;
(b) in a case where M or A is entitled, in respect of C, to payment of:
(i) maternity allowance, that payment is not payable by virtue of regulations made under section 35(3)(a)(i) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(ii) statutory maternity pay, that payment is not payable in accordance with section 161(4) or (6) of that Act; or
(iii) statutory adoption pay, that payment is not payable in accordance with section 167ZN(3) or (5) of that Act;
(c) in a case where both (a) and (b) apply, the conditions in both (a) and (b) are satisfied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/297/regulation/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-paternity-leave-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-25
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