Regulation 23 Amendment to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

(1)

The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 15 (employer contributions during absences), in paragraph (4)(b), after “additional adoption leave,” insert “neonatal care leave,”.

(3)

In regulation 16 (additional pension contributions), in paragraph (17)(a), after “additional adoption leave,” insert “neonatal care leave,”.

(4)

In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “child-related leave”—

(i)

at the end of paragraph (f), omit “or”;

(ii)

at the end of paragraph (g), insert “or”;

(iii)

after paragraph (g), insert—

“(h)

neonatal care leave during which the member receives some pensionable pay;”;

(b)

at the appropriate place insert—

““neonatal care leave” means leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”;

(c)

in the definition of “statutory pay”, after “parental bereavement” insert “, neonatal care”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 2013/2356; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/3255, S.I. 2015/755, S.I. 2018/493 and S.I. 2020/354.