The Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 2010

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 2006 Act” means the National Health Service Act 2006(1);

“the 2006 (Wales) Act” means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(2);

“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“additional statutory paternity pay” means additional statutory paternity pay payable in accordance with the provisions of Part 12ZA of the Act where the conditions specified in section 171ZEA(2) or 171ZEB(2) are satisfied;

“additional statutory paternity pay period” means the period, determined in accordance with section 171ZEE of the Act(3) and with regulations(4) made under that section, as the period in respect of which additional statutory paternity pay is payable;

“Local Health Board” means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the 2006 (Wales) Act;

“Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust continuing in existence or established under section 18 of the 2006 Act;

“Special Health Authority” means, in relation to England, a Special Health Authority established under section 28 of the 2006 Act and, in relation to Wales, a Special Health Authority established under section 22 of the 2006 (Wales) Act; and

“Strategic Health Authority” means a Strategic Health Authority continuing in existence or established under section 13 of the 2006 Act.

(3) References in these Regulations to Part 12ZA of the Act are references to sections 171ZEA to 171ZEE and, in so far as they concern additional statutory paternity pay, to sections 171ZF to 171ZJ of the Act.

(1)

2006 c. 41.

(2)

2006 c. 42.

(3)

Section 171ZEE was inserted by section 10 of the Work and Families Act 2006.

(4)

The regulations referred to are the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (General) Regulations (S.I. 2010/xxxx) and the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations (S.I. 2010/yyyy).