Regulation 7 Amendment to the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996

(1)

The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 9 (earnings of employed earners)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(j)—

(i)

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

(ii)

after paragraph (iii) insert—

“(iiia)

on neonatal care leave; or”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), at the appropriate place insert—

““neonatal care leave” means a period of absence from work on leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1996/2745, amended by S.I. 2002/2823; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.