
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.
2 

(1) Where the paternity pay period begins before 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be £75.00.
(2) Where the paternity pay period begins on or after 6th April 2003, the weekly rate payable shall be the smaller of the following two amounts—
(a) £100.00;
(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.
3 
The weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay shall be the smaller of the following two amounts—
(a) £100.00;
(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.
4 
Where any payment of statutory paternity pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 2(2)(b), or any payment of statutory adoption pay is at the weekly rate specified in regulation 3(b), and that amount includes a fraction of a penny, the payment shall be rounded up to the next whole number of pence.
Alan Johnson
Minister of State for Employment Relations, Industry and the Regions,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th November 2002