These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Health and Personal Social Services Employees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th December 2002.

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

• “the 1972 Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19725;

• “the 1991 Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19916;

• “Health and Social Services Board” means a body established under Article 16 of the 1972 Order;

• “statutory adoption pay period” means the period prescribed under section 167ZN(2) of the Act as the period in respect of which statutory adoption pay is payable to a person;

• “statutory paternity pay period” means the period determined in accordance with section 167ZE(2) of the Act as the period in respect of which statutory paternity pay is payable to a person.