Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
S.R. 2002/380 · Made 6 December 2002 · Extends to Northern Ireland
EMPLOYMENT
Made 6th December 2002
Coming into operation 8th December 2002
The Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 167ZE(1) and 167ZN(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992f1 and section 5(1)(m) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby, by this Statutory Rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002f3 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into operation of that statutory provisionf4, makes the following Regulations–
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1992 c. 7; Section 167ZE(1) was inserted by Article 5 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (N.I. 2) and section 167ZN (1) was inserted by Article 6 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (N.I. 2)
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S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)
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See section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay
- 3Weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay
- 4Rounding of fractional amounts
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencementI1
These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th December 2002.
2Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity payI1
Where the paternity pay period begins before 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be £75·00.
Where the paternity pay period begins on or after 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be the smaller of the following two amounts–
£100·00;
90 per cent. of the normal weekly earnings of the person claiming statutory paternity pay, determined in accordance with regulations 39 and 40 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002f1.
3Weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption payI1
The weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts–
£100·00;
90 per cent. of the normal weekly earnings of the person claiming statutory adoption pay, determined in accordance with regulations 39 and 40 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.
4Rounding of fractional amountsI1
Where any payment of statutory paternity pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 2(2)(b), or any payment of statutory adoption pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 3(b), and that amount includes a fraction of a penny, the payment shall be rounded to the next whole number of pence.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th December 2002.
L.S.
R. B. Gamble
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations set out the weekly rates payable in relation to statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay payable under Parts XIIZA (statutory paternity pay) and XIIZB (statutory adoption pay) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, as inserted by Articles 5 and 6 respectively of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.
Regulation 2 sets the weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay at £75·00 where the paternity pay period begins before 6th April 2003, and at the smaller of £100 and 90% of the employee’s normal weekly earnings where the paternity pay period begins on or after 6th April 2003.
Regulation 3 sets the weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay at the smaller of £100 and 90% of the employee’s normal weekly earnings.
Regulation 4 provides for the rounding up of fractional amounts.