{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-shared-parental-pay-parental-order-cases-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-shared-parental-pay-parental-order-cases-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/102",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-shared-parental-pay-parental-order-cases-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In regulation 19 (notification and evidential requirements relating to the adopter) of the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent, it shall read as if—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a), the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)(a)” read “paragraphs (2) and (3)(za), (a)”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(b), the words “if C is not placed for adoption by that time, as soon as reasonably practicable after the placement of C” were “if C is not born by that time, as soon as reasonably practicable after the birth of C”;\n(c) before sub-paragraph (3)(a), there was inserted—\n“(za) unless the condition in paragraph (5) or (6) is satisfied, a parental statutory declaration by A;”;\n(d) paragraph (3)(b) was substituted by—\n“(b) the expected week of birth of C;”;\n(e) paragraph (3)(c) was substituted by—\n“(c) C’s date of birth;”;\n(f) before paragraph (4)(a), there was inserted—\n“(za) a copy of C’s birth certificate or, if one has not been issued, a written declaration signed by A which states that it has not been issued;\n(zb) unless provided as a result of the condition in paragraph (5) being satisfied, a parental statutory declaration;”;\n(g) paragraph (4)(a) did not apply;\n(h) after paragraph (4), there was inserted—\n“(5) The condition referred to in paragraph 3(za) and (4)(zb) is that A has given the employer who will be liable to pay statutory shared parental pay (adoption) to A a statutory declaration as evidence of A’s entitlement to statutory adoption pay in respect of C in accordance with regulation 24 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.\n(6) The condition referred to in paragraph 3(za) is that A is a parental order parent and has given the employer a copy of the order in respect of C made under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Employer” is construed in accordance with section 167ZZ7(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 2002 No. 378; regulation 24 is modified as it applies to intended and parental order parents by S.R. 2015 No. 92; there are other amendments but none are relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/102/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:12.582131+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."
}