The Statutory Maternity Pay (Curtailment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations allow eligible women to curtail their statutory maternity pay in accordance with section 161(3A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) in order to enable them to take statutory shared parental pay in accordance with section 167ZU of the 1992 Act. The Regulations also allow eligible women to curtail their statutory maternity pay in accordance with section 161(3A) of the 1992 Act in order to allow their partner (which includes their spouse or the child’s father) to take statutory shared parental pay in accordance with section 167ZU of the 1992 Act, or shared parental leave in accordance with Article 107E of the Employment Rights Order (Northern Ireland) 1996.