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1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 8th December 2002.
2Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay#
(1)Where the paternity pay period begins before 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be £75·00.
(2)Where the paternity pay period begins on or after 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be the smaller of the following two amounts–
(a)£100·00;
(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 (Northern Ireland) 2002.
3Weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay#
The weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts–
(a)£100·00;
(b)90 per cent. of the normal weekly earnings of the person claiming statutory adoption pay, determined in accordance with regulations 39 and 40 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.
4Rounding of fractional amounts#
Where any payment of statutory paternity pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 2(2)(b), or any payment of statutory adoption pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 3(b), and that amount includes a fraction of a penny, the payment shall be rounded to the next whole number of pence.
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