4 Statutory adoption pay
Employment Act 2002 (2002 c 22) | Legislation

4  Statutory adoption pay

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

“Part 12ZB
Statutory Adoption Pay

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(1)     Where a person who is, or has been, an employee 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 adoption pay”.

(2)     The conditions are—

(a)     that he is a person with whom a child is, or is expected to be, placed for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom;

(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 he has ceased to work for the employer;

(d)     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) at the end of the relevant week; and

(e)     that he has elected to receive statutory adoption pay.

(3)     The references in subsection (2)(b) and (d) above to the relevant week

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