Paragraph 14C Parental Bereavement LeaveF1F2
A person who is entitled to, and is taking, parental bereavement leave by virtue of section 80EA of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and who satisfies either or both of the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) below.
The conditions for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are that the person—
is not entitled to statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of Part 12ZD of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or to any remuneration from their employer in respect of that leave for the period to which the claim for income support relates;
is entitled to working tax credit, child tax credit payable at a rate higher than the family element, housing benefit or council tax benefit on the day before that leave begins.
In this paragraph “remuneration” means payment of any kind and “family element” means the amount specified in regulation 7(3) of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 but subject in any case to calculations of that amount made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 1B inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/206), regs. 1(1), 22, Sch. 1
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Sch. 1B para. 14C inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 5(5)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
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1975 c. 14; section 114 is applied by section 52(3)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50); section 166(3A) is inserted by section 62 of that Act and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act.