No 92 The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations modify and amend the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the 2002 Pay Regulations”) so that those regulations extend coverage to groups of people.
The first group is comprised of foster parents with whom a child is placed with a view to that placement becoming an adoptive placement. The second group is comprised of intended parents who are having a baby with the help of a surrogate (who intend to apply with another person for a parental order under section 54 of the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, and expect that order to be granted). The modifications also provide entitlement to statutory paternity pay for qualifying spouses, civil partners and partners of these prospective adopters and intended parents.
The Regulations also amend and modify the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the 2002 Administration Regulations”) to cover these entitlements.