Article 10 State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

United Kingdom

I1(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1 (interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

I2(a)

in the definition of ”paternity leave”—

(i)

omit “ordinary”;

(ii)

omit “or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act”;

(b)

at the appropriate place there is inserted—

““shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.

(3)

In regulation 15 (income for the purposes of the Act) in paragraph (1)—

(a)

omit sub-paragraph (qa);

(b)

after sub-paragraph (q) insert—

“(qb)
statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act;”.

(4)

In regulation 17A (earnings of an employed earner), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i) omit “ordinary”;

(b)

omit sub-paragraph (ia);

(c)

after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(ib)
statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act;”.

(5)

In Schedule 2 (housing costs), in paragraph 2 (remunerative work), in sub-paragraph (7) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 2002/1792; amended by S.I. 2002/3019, S.I. 2012/757, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.