Valid from 08/12/2002
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. XIIZB (ss. 167ZL-167ZT) inserted (8.12.2002) by The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 6; S.R. 2002/356, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. XIIZB (ss. 167ZL-167ZT) modified (8.12.2002) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002/378), regs. 31-47
Pt. XIIZB (ss. 167ZL-167ZT) modified (8.12.2002) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002/382), regs. {3}, 4, 7-9 (with reg. 2)
C2Pt. XIIZB (ss. 167ZL-167ZT) restricted (8.12.2002) by Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002/382), reg. 8(3) (with reg. 2)
(1)Any agreement shall be void to the extent that it purports—
(a)to exclude, limit or otherwise modify any provision of this Part of this Act; or
(b)to require an employee or former employee to contribute (whether directly or indirectly) towards any costs incurred by his employer or former employer under this Part of this Act.
(2)For the avoidance of doubt, any agreement between an employer and an employee authorising any deductions from statutory adoption pay which the employer is liable to pay to the employee in respect of any period shall not be void by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above if the employer—
(a)is authorised by that or another agreement to make the same deductions from any contractual remuneration which he is liable to pay in respect of the same period; or
(b)would be so authorised if he were liable to pay contractual remuneration in respect of that period.]