# The Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (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;
“A” means a person who is entitled to statutory adoption pay;
“adoption pay curtailment date” means, subject to regulation 12(4), the date specified in an adoption pay period curtailment notice;
“adoption pay period curtailment notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulation 12;
“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 section 75E (entitlement to shared parental leave: birth) or 75G (entitlement to shared parental leave: adoption) of the 1996 Act;
(b) statutory shared parental pay arises under section 171ZU (entitlement: birth) or 171ZV (entitlement: adoption) of the 1992 Act;
“calendar week” means a period of seven days beginning with a Sunday;
“M” means the mother (or expectant mother) of C;
“maternity pay period curtailment date” means, subject to regulation 7(5), the date specified in a maternity pay period curtailment notice;
“maternity pay period curtailment notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulation 7 and regulation 8(5);
“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 or A, means a person (whether of a different sex or the same sex) who lives with M or A and with C in an enduring family relationship but is not M’s or A’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;
“statutory adoption pay” has the meaning given in section 171ZL (entitlement) of the 1992 Act;
“statutory maternity pay” has the meaning given in section 164(1) (statutory maternity pay—entitlement and liability to pay) of the 1992 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3054/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-curtailment-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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