Amendment of the principal Regulations4

1

Amend regulation 9 (earnings period for statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay) as follows.

2

In the heading to the regulation, after “statutory maternity pay” insert “, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay”.

3

For paragraph (2) substitute—

2

If the Board make a payment of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay or statutory adoption pay6 under regulations made under the relevant provision—

a

that payment of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay or statutory adoption pay (as the case may be) shall not be aggregated with any other earnings; and

b

the earnings period in respect of that payment for any week shall be a week.

2A

In paragraph (2) “the relevant provision” means—

a

in relation to statutory maternity pay, section 164(9)(b)7,

b

in relation to statutory paternity pay, section 171ZD(3)8, and

c

in relation to statutory adoption pay, section 171ZM(3)9,

of the Act (liability to make payments of the relevant statutory pay to be that of the Board).