{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-parental-orders-and-prospective-adopters-regulations-2014/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-parental-orders-and-prospective-adopters-regulations-2014/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2934",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-parental-orders-and-prospective-adopters-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent—\n(a) paragraph (1) shall read as if—\n(i) the definition of “adopter” were omitted;\n(ii) there were the following definitions—\n“ “intended parent”, in relation to a child, means a person who, on the day of the child’s birth—\n(a)applies, or intends to apply during the period of 6 months beginning with that day—\n(i)with another person for an order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of the child; or\n(ii)as the sole applicant for an order under section 54A of that Act in respect of the child; and\n(b)expects the court to make such an order in respect of the child;\n“Parent A” in relation to a child means the section 54 parental order parent who has elected to be Parent A;\n...\n“section 54 parental order parent” means a person—\n(a)on whose application the court has made an order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of a child; or\n(b)who is an intended parent of a child by reference to an application or intended application for such an order;\n“section 54A parental order parent” means a person—\n(a)on whose application the court has made an order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 in respect of a child; or\n(b)who is an intended parent of a child by reference to an application or intended application for such an order;\n“statutory shared parental pay” means statutory shared parental pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZC of the Act;”;\n(b) paragraph (2) shall apply as if that paragraph read—\n“(2) A section 54 parental order parent elects to be Parent A in relation to a child if that person (A) agrees with the other section 54 parental order parent of the child (B) that A and not B will be parent A.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(a)(ii) inserted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(a)(ii) substituted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(a)(ii) omitted (3.1.2019) by virtue of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(a)(ii) inserted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(b) substituted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(b) substituted (3.1.2019) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1413), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 1.12.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Part 12ZC was inserted by section 119(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2934/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:39.330220+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}