The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Part 2 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland (S.R. 2002 No.379) (“the Pay Regulations”) to make provision for a new right to statutory adoption pay for people who are fostering a child with a view to adopting that child, provided that specified conditions are met. The amendments made also provide new rights to statutory paternity pay for the spouses, civil partners and partners of these prospective adopters.