The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Effect of statutory adoption pay on a contributory allowance N.I.

81.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a claimant is entitled to statutory adoption pay and, on the day immediately preceding the first day in the adoption pay period—

(i) is in a period of limited capability for work, and

(ii) satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a contributory allowance in accordance with section 1(2)(a) of the Act; and

(b) on any day during the adoption pay period—

(i) that claimant is in a period of limited capability for work, and

(ii) that day is not a day where that claimant is treated as not having limited capability for work.

(2) Where this regulation applies, notwithstanding section 20(4) of the Act, a claimant who is entitled to statutory adoption pay is to be entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of any day that falls within the adoption pay period.

(3) Where by virtue of paragraph (2) a claimant is entitled to a contributory allowance for any week (including part of a week), the total amount of such benefit payable to that claimant for that week is to be reduced by an amount equivalent to any statutory adoption pay to which that claimant is entitled in accordance with Part 12ZB of the Contributions and Benefits Act(1) for the same week (or equivalent part of a week where entitlement to a contributory allowance is for part of a week) and only the balance, if any, of the contributory allowance is to be payable to that claimant.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 81 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Part 12ZB was inserted by Article 6 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)) and amended by paragraph 269(2) of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), paragraph 103 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and Article 4 of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to, the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)) and paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to S.R. 2006 No. 261