Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Regulations made by the Department for the Economy and laid before the Assembly under section 172(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation

Employment

Parental Bereavement

Made 19th March 2026

Coming into operation in accordance with Regulation 1

The Department for the Economy makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 167ZZ9(3) and (4), 167ZZ10(2) and (4)(a) to (g), 167ZZ11(2) and (3), 167ZZ12(1) to (5), (8) and (9), 167ZZ14(3), 167ZZ17(3) to (5), (7) and (8), and 171(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1 and sections 5(1)(g), (j), (m) and (q), and 165(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2 and now vested in it^f3, and section 3(1) and (2) of the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022^f4 and with the concurrence of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in so far as such concurrence is required^f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 7; section 167ZZ9 to section 167ZZ17 were inserted by the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5 (N.I.)), Section 2
f2: 1992 c.8; section 5(4A)(a) was amended by 2022 c. 5 (N.I.), Schedule 1, paragraph 10
f3: The Department for Employment and Learning was dissolved by section 1(10) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c. 5 (N.I.). Its functions under the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, were transferred to the Department for the Economy by the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), Article 6(1)(c)
f4: 2022 c. 5 (N.I.)
f5: Regulations made by the Department for the Economy pursuant to 1992 c. 7 (N.I.), sections 167ZZ11(3) and 167ZZ17(4), (5), (7) and (8), must, by virtue of those sections, be made with the concurrence of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. By virtue of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), section 50(1), references to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in statutory provisions are to be taken as references to the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.