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;

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

  1. (a)

     shared parental leave arises under Article 107E (entitlement to shared parental leave: birth) of the 1996 Order^f2; or

  2. (b)

     statutory shared parental pay arises under section 167ZU (entitlement: birth) of the 1992 Act^f3;

• “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 notification;

• “maternity pay period curtailment notification” means a notification 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, 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 (Northern Ireland) 2015^f4;

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

• “statutory maternity pay” has the meaning given in section 160(1) (statutory maternity pay—entitlement and liability to pay) of the 1992 Act.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f6 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.