# The Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025, Regulation 3: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;
“associated employer” is to be construed in accordance with section 231 of the 1996 Act;
“C” means the child in relation to whom an entitlement to statutory neonatal care pay arises;
“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“relevant week” has the meaning given in section 171ZZ16(6) of the 1992 Act;
“statutory neonatal care pay” means statutory neonatal care pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act;
“statutory pay week” has the meaning given in section 171ZZ19(11) of the 1992 Act;
“Tier 1 period” means the period beginning with the day C starts receiving neonatal care and ending with the 7th day after the day C stops receiving neonatal care;
“Tier 2 period” means any period of time in the qualifying period specified in regulation 10 (qualifying period) which is not a tier 1 period;
“week”, except in Part 3, means a period of seven days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268041/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/regulation-3
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