Section 2 | Statutory Paternity Pay | Employment Act 2002 C22

2 Statutory paternity pay

Employment Act 2002 (2002 c 22) | Legislation

2 Statutory paternity pay

In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4), after Part 12 (statutory maternity pay) there is inserted—

“Part 12ZA
Statutory Paternity Pay

171ZA Entitlement: birth

(1) Where a person satisfies the conditions in subsection (2) below, he shall be entitled in accordance with the following provisions of this Part to payments to be known as “statutory paternity pay”.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) that he satisfies prescribed conditions—

(i) as to relationship with a newborn child, and

(ii) as to relationship with the child's mother;

(b) that he has been in employed earner's employment with an employer for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks ending with the relevant week;

(c) that his normal weekly earnings for the period of 8 weeks ending with the relevant week are not less than the lower earnings limit in force under section 5(1)(a) above at the end of the relevant week; and

(d) that he has been in employed earner's employment with the employer by reference to whom the condition in paragraph (b) above is satisfied for a continuous period beginning with the end of the relevant week and ending with the day on which