# The Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025, Regulation 10: Qualifying period

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the qualifying period for the purposes of section 171ZZ19(2) of the 1992 Act (period within which statutory neonatal care pay is payable) is a period of 68 weeks beginning with the date of C’s birth.
(2) Where a person meets the conditions in regulation 5 in respect of more than one child born as a result of the same pregnancy, the qualifying period for the purposes of section 171ZZ19(2) of the 1992 Act is a period of 68 weeks beginning with the date of birth of the first child born as a result of the pregnancy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/376/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/regulation-10
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