The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay(Weekly Rates) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/2818
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations and shall come into force on 8th December 2002.

Section 2 Weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay

The weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts—

(a) £187.18 ;

(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 2002 .

Section 3 Weekly 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) £187.18 ;

(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 2002.

Section 4 Rounding of fractional amounts

Where any payment of—

(a) statutory paternity pay is made on the basis of a calculation at—

(i) the weekly rate specified in regulation 2(b); or

(ii) the daily rate of one-seventh of the weekly rate specified in regulation 2(a) or (b); or

(b) statutory adoption pay is made on the basis of a calculation at—

(i) the weekly rate specified in regulation 3(b); or

(ii) the daily rate of one-seventh of the weekly rate specified in regulation 3(a) or (b),

and that amount includes a fraction of a penny, the payment shall be rounded up to the next whole number of pence.