{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2002/2836",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Regulations about payment",
  "text": "(1) The Department may make regulations with respect to the payment by employers of statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay , statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay .\n(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may, in particular, include provision—\n(a) about the records to be kept by employers in relation to payments of statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay , statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay , including the length of time for which they are to be retained;\n(b) for the production of wages sheets and other documents and records to officers of the Board for the purpose of enabling them to satisfy themselves that statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay , statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay have been paid and are being paid, in accordance with the regulations, to employees who are entitled to them;\n(c) for requiring employers to provide information to employees (in their itemised pay statements or otherwise);\n(d) for requiring employers to make returns to the Board containing such particulars with respect to payments of statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay , statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay as the regulations may provide.\n(3) Regulations under paragraph (1) must be made with the concurrence of the Board.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(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(3)(a) (with s. 4(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(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. 31; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(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(3)(b) (with s. 14(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(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. 31; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(b) 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(3)(b) (with s. 14(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(b) 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. 31; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(d) 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(3)(b) (with s. 14(2)-(5)); S.R. 2015/86, arts. 3(2)(i), 4(2)(h), 5 (with art. 7(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2)(d) 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. 31; S.R. 2022/136, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2002/2836/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:33.764866+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}