# The Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Amendment to the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975


(1) The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 9C (credits for adoption pay period, shared parental pay period, parental bereavement pay period, additional paternity pay period and maternity pay period)—
(a) in the heading, after “parental bereavement pay period,” insert “neonatal care pay period,”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (d), insert “; or”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—
“(e) the neonatal care pay period in respect of which statutory neonatal care pay is paid to a person.”;
(c) in paragraph (5)—
(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “or”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
“(d) “statutory neonatal care pay” means statutory neonatal care pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZE of that Act and “neonatal care pay period” means the weeks in respect of which statutory neonatal care pay is payable to a person under section 171ZZ19(2) of that Act.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/201/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neonatal-care-leave-and-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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