# The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015, Article 10: State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003


(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/146/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-10
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