Section 171ZA — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Entitlement: birth

Entitlement: birth 171ZA 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 the child is born.

3 The references in subsection (2) above to the relevant week are to the week immediately preceding the 14th week before the expected week of the child’s birth.

4 A person’s entitlement to ... statutory paternity pay under this section shall not be affected by the birth, or expected birth, of more than one child as a result of the same pregnancy.

5 In this section, “ newborn child ” includes a child stillborn after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy.