# The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Statutory Rule contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, the coming into operation of the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006. The Statutory Rule is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of those provisions. The regulations are therefore exempted by section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 from the requirement under section 149 of that Act to refer proposals to make the regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee; consequently they are made without reference to the Committee.
These Regulations amend the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 378) (“the General Regulations”) and the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 380) (“the Weekly Rates Regulations”).
Regulation 5 amends Regulation 21 of the General Regulations and establishes that the adoption pay period is a continuous period of 39 weeks.
Regulation 6 inserts a new Regulation 27A into the General Regulations, providing that statutory adoption pay shall continue to be paid where an employee works for his employer for not more than 10 days within the adoption pay period.
Regulation 7 contains a technical amendment to Regulation 40 of the General Regulations.
Regulation 9 substitutes a new Regulation 4 into the Weekly Rates Regulations, and allows for payments of statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay for a week or part of a week to be rounded up to the next penny.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/374/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/note
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