# The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 8


(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—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)(a)” read “paragraphs (2) and (3)(za), (a)”;
(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”;
(c) before sub-paragraph (3)(a), there was inserted—
“(za) unless the condition in paragraph (5) or (6) is satisfied, a parental statutory declaration by A;”;
(d) paragraph (3)(b) was substituted by—
“(b) the expected week of birth of C;”;
(e) paragraph (3)(c) was substituted by—
“(c) C’s date of birth;”;
(f) before paragraph (4)(a), there was inserted—
“(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;
(zb) unless provided as a result of the condition in paragraph (5) being satisfied, a parental statutory declaration;”;
(g) paragraph (4)(a) did not apply;
(h) after paragraph (4), there was inserted—
“(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.
(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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/102/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-shared-parental-pay-parental-order-cases-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-8
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