Article 11 Power to require information

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department may by regulations make provision enabling an officer of the Board authorised by the Board for the purposes of this Article to require persons of a description specified in the regulations to provide, or produce for inspection, within such period as the regulations may require, such information or documents as the officer may reasonably require for the purpose of ascertaining whether F1statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay F2, statutory shared parental pay or statutory parental bereavement pay is or was payable to or in respect of any person.

(2)

The descriptions of person which may be specified by regulations under paragraph (1) include, in particular—

(a)

any person claiming to be entitled to F3 statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay F4, statutory shared parental pay or statutory parental bereavement pay ,

(b)

any person who is, or has been, the F5spouse, civil partner or other partner of such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),

(c)

any person who is, or has been, an employer of such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),

(d)

any person carrying on an agency or other business for the introduction or supply to persons requiring them of persons available to do work or to perform services, and

(e)

any person who is a servant or agent of any such person as is specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(3)

Regulations under paragraph (1) must be made with the concurrence of the Board.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 11(1) substituted (15.3.2015 for specified purposes, 5.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 6(4)(a) (with s. 14(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))
F2: Words in art. 11(1) substituted (23.3.2022) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), ss. 4, 5(5)(6), Sch. Pt. 1 para. 32; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3
F3: Words in art. 11(2)(a) substituted (15.3.2015 for specified purposes, 5.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 6(4)(b) (with s. 14(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))
F4: Words in art. 11(2)(a) substituted (23.3.2022) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), ss. 4, 5(5)(6), Sch. Pt. 1 para. 32; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3
F5: Words in art. 11(2)(b) substituted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 144 (with regs. 6-9)