Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

• “the 1996 Order ” means the Employment Rights(Northern Ireland) Order 1996^f1;

• “A” means a person who is entitled to statutory adoption pay;

• “adoption pay curtailment date” means, subject to regulation 7(4), the date specified in an adoption pay period curtailment notice;

• “adoption pay period curtailment notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulation 7;

• “AP” means the person who is married to, or the civil partner or the partner of, A;

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

  1. (a)

     shared parental leave arises under Article 107G (entitlement to shared parental leave: adoption) of the 1996 Order^f2;

  2. (b)

     statutory shared parental pay arises under sections 167ZW and 167ZX (entitlement: adoption) of the 1992 Act^f3;

• “calendar week” means a period of seven days beginning with a Sunday;

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

• “SPL Regulations” means the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015^f4;

• “ShPP Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2015^f5;

• “statutory adoption pay” has the meaning given in section 167ZL^f6 (entitlement) of the 1992 Act.