2004 No. 925
The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
Coming into force
Whereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 171ZE(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those Regulations should not be referred to it3, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 4th April 2004 and immediately after the coming into force of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 20044.
2
In these Regulations, “the Principal Regulations” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 20025.
Amendment to the Principal Regulations2
The Principal Regulations shall be amended by the substitution for regulation 2 of the following—
Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay2
The weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts—
a
£102.80;
b
90 per cent. of the normal weekly earnings of the person claiming statutory paternity pay, determined in accordance with regulations 39 and 40 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations 20026.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)