# The Maternity Allowance (Curtailment) Regulations 2014, 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;
“C” means the child in respect of whom an entitlement to—
(a) shared parental leave arises under section 75E (entitlement to shared parental leave: birth) of the 1996 Act; or
(b) statutory shared parental pay arises under section 171ZU (entitlement: birth) of the 1992 Act;
“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;
“ShPP Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3053/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-curtailment-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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