Article 10 State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

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

(a)

in the definition of “paternity leave”—

(i)

omit “ordinary”;

(ii)

omit “or on additional paternity leave by virtue of Article 112AA or 112BB of that Order”;

(b)

at the appropriate place there is inserted—

““shared parental leave” means leave under Article107E or 107G of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;”.

(3)

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

(a)

in sub-paragraph (p) omit “ordinary”;

(b)

omit sub-paragraph (pa);

(c)

after sub-paragraph (p) insert—

“(pb)
statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the Contributions and Benefits 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 Contributions and Benefits 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.R. 2003 No. 28; amended by S.R. 2003 No. 421 and S.R. 2012 No. 121, there are other amending regulations but none is relevant.