This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2024/121 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 843
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The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
30th July 2024
Laid before Parliament
31st July 2024
Coming into force
26th August 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 171ZC(1A) and (3)(c), 171ZE(2) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ).
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations need not be referred to it( 2 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 26th August 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, the “ 2014 Regulations ” means the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations 2014( 3 ).
Application
3. The amendments made by regulation 5 (2) and (3) apply only in relation to children whose expected week of birth begins after 28th September 2024.
Amendment to regulation 11 of the 2014 Regulations
4. In regulation 11 of the 2014 Regulations( 4 ), omit paragraph (b).
Amendments to regulation 14 of the 2014 Regulations
5. —(1) Regulation 14 of the 2014 Regulations( 5 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (ca) substitute—
“ (ca) paragraph (5) shall apply as if—
(i) in the opening words, after “statutory paternity pay (adoption)” the words “at least 28 days before” were inserted;
(ii) sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) were omitted and replaced by—
“ (a) the first day of the expected week of the child’s birth, where the option in regulation 12(1)(a) is chosen;
(b) the date falling the specified number of days after the first day of the expected week of the child’s birth, where the option in regulation 12(1)(b) is chosen;
(c) the predetermined date, where the option in regulation 12(1)(c) is chosen;
or, in a case where it was not reasonably practicable for the person to provide it in that period, as soon as is reasonably practicable. ” ; ” .
(3) In paragraph (cb), for “the date referred to in paragraph (5)(a)”, substitute “the date provided under paragraph (2)(c) above as the date on which the child is expected to be placed for adoption” .
(4) In paragraph (d), before “birth” insert “child’s” .
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Business and Trade
30th July 2024
1992 c. 4 . Sections 171ZC and 171ZE are contained in Part 12ZA, which was inserted by the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) , section 2. Part 12ZA has been applied with modifications to parental order cases by S.I. 2014/2866 . Section 171ZC(1A) was inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) , section 123. Section 171ZE(2) was amended by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) , Schedule 7, paragraph 16. Section 175(1) and (4) have been amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) , Schedule 3, paragraph 29.
See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) .
Regulation 11 was amended by S.I. 2018/1413 and 2024/121 .
Regulation 14 was amended by S.I. 2018/1413 and 2024/121 .