Citation and commencement

1.  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.

Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay

2.—(1) Where the paternity pay period begins before 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be £75·00.

(2) 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–

(a)£100·00;

(b)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) 2002(5).

Weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay

3.  The weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts–

(a)£100·00;

(b)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.

Rounding of fractional amounts

4.  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.

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.