The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

16.  In the Schedule (statutory shared parental pay in special circumstances) to the Pay Regulations as they apply to an intended parent or a parental order parent, in paragraph 12, it shall read as if—

(a) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the words “is returned after being placed” (in each place where they occur) were “the parental order does not proceed”;

(b) sub-paragraph (4) was substituted by—

“(4) Where more than one child is born of the same pregnancy—

(a) sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) only apply where all the children die or the parental order does not proceed in respect of all the children; and

(b) a reference in this paragraph relating to the death of C (however expressed) is to the death of the last of those children to die.”.

(c) sub-paragraph (5) was substituted by—

“(5) For the purpose of this paragraph a parental order does not proceed if—

(a) A and AP have not made an application for an order in respect of C under section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 within the time limit for such an application under section 54(3) of that Act; or

(b) an application made for such an order in respect of C is refused, withdrawn or otherwise terminated and any time limit for an appeal or a new application has expired.”.