# The Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 by omitting regulation 37 (expiry). The amendment ensures the continued operation of those Regulations and forms part of a wider package of legislative measures establishing statutory parental bereavement pay as an entitlement for bereaved parents. The entitlement applies to employed earners in cases of child death, stillbirth and miscarriage, and provides for the payment of statutory parental bereavement pay by employers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/58/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-parental-bereavement-pay-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/note
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