Regulation 2 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^f1;

• “C” means the child in respect of whom an entitlement to—

  1. (a)

     shared parental leave arises under section 75E (entitlement to shared parental leave: birth) of the 1996 Act^f2; or

  2. (b)

     statutory shared parental pay arises under section 171ZU (entitlement: birth) of the 1992 Act^f3;

• “M” means the mother (or expectant mother) of C;

• “maternity allowance period curtailment date” means, subject to regulation 5(5), the date specified in a maternity allowance period curtailment notification;

• “maternity allowance period curtailment notification” means a notification given in accordance with regulation 5 and regulation 6(4);

• “P” means the father of C, or the person who is married to, or the civil partner or the partner of, M;

• “partner” in relation to M, means a person (whether of a different sex or the same sex) who lives with M and C in an enduring family relationship but is not M’s child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew;

• “SPL Regulations” means the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014^f4;

• “ShPP Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014^f5.