Regulation 17 Entitlement of adopter to statutory shared parental pay (adoption)

A satisfies the conditions as to continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings specified in regulation 31 (conditions as to claimant's continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings);

A has at the date of C's placement for adoption the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of AP);

A has complied with the requirements specified in regulation 19 (notification and evidential requirements);

A became entitled to statutory adoption pay by reference to the placement for adoption of C;

the adoption pay period that applies as a result of A's entitlement to statutory adoption pay is, and continues to be, reduced under section 171ZN(2A) of the 1992 Act M1;

it is A's intention to care for C during each week in respect of which statutory shared parental pay (adoption) is paid to A;

A is absent from work during each week in respect of which statutory shared parental pay is paid to A (except in the cases referred to in regulation 27 (entitlement to statutory shared parental pay (adoption): absence from work); and

where A is an employee (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996) A's absence from work as an employee during each week that statutory shared parental pay is paid to A is absence on shared parental leave in respect of C.

AP has at the date of C's placement for adoption the main responsibility for the care of C (apart from the responsibility of A); and

AP satisfies the employment and earnings conditions in regulation 29 (conditions relating to employment and earnings of claimant's partner).