{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 is amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “paternity leave”—\n(i) omit “ordinary”;\n(ii) omit “or on additional paternity leave by virtue of Article 112AA or 112BB of that Order”;\n(b) at the appropriate place there is inserted—\n““shared parental leave” means leave under Article 107E or 107G of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;”.\n(3) In regulation 6 (remunerative work), in paragraph (7) for “or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”.\n(4) In regulation 27 (meaning of “income”), in paragraph (1)(h)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (xiv) omit “ordinary”;\n(b) omit sub-paragraph (xiva);\n(c) after sub-paragraph (xv) insert—\n“(xva) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the Act;”.\n(5) In regulation 29 (treatment of child care charges)—\n(a) in paragraph (14) for “ or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”;\n(b) in paragraph (14)(a) for “or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”;\n(c) in paragraph (14)(c)—\n(i) omit “ordinary”;\n(ii) omit “additional statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 167ZEA or 167ZEB of the Act,”;\n(iii) after “section 167ZL of the Act” insert “, statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 167ZU or 167ZW of the Act”;\n(d) in paragraph (15)(b)—\n(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;\n(ii) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”;\n(e) in paragraph 15(c)—\n(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;\n(ii) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”.\n(6) In regulation 33 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) in paragraph (i) omit “ordinary”;\n(b) omit paragraph (ia);\n(c) after paragraph (j) insert—\n“(ja) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the Act;”.\n(7) In regulation 34 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(d)—\n(a) omit “ordinary or additional”;\n(b) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 406; amended by S.R 2012 No. 121, there are other amending regulations but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/146/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:38.677715+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}