# The Statutory Adoption Pay (Curtailment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, 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;
“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—
(a) shared parental leave arises under Article 107G (entitlement to shared parental leave: adoption) of the 1996 Order;
(b) statutory shared parental pay arises under sections 167ZW and 167ZX (entitlement: adoption) of the 1992 Act;
“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;
“ShPP Regulations” means the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2015;
“statutory adoption pay” has the meaning given in section 167ZL (entitlement) of the 1992 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/96/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-adoption-pay-curtailment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2
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