Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

2.  The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is amended as follows.

3.  In section 1(5) (outline of contributory system: certain statutory payments), for “and statutory shared parental pay” substitute “, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay”.

4.  In section 4(1)(a) (payments treated as remuneration and earnings)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (v), omit “and”;

(b) after that sub-paragraph insert

“or

(vi) statutory parental bereavement pay; and”.

5.  In section 4AA(2) (limited liability partnerships: power to modify definitions of “employee” and “employer”), for “or 167ZS” substitute “, 167ZS or 167ZZ17”.

6.  In section 4C(11) (power to make provision in consequence of provision made by virtue of section 4B(2) etc: definitions), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “statutory payment”, for “or statutory shared parental pay” substitute “, statutory shared parental pay or statutory parental bereavement pay”.

7.  In section 170 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Department”, for the words “and 12ZC” (which were inserted by paragraph 2(18)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015) substitute “, 12ZC and 12ZD”.

8.—(1) Section 172 (Assembly, etc. control of regulations and orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(a), after “sections 167ZU to 167ZZ2” insert “or sections 167ZZ9 to 167ZZ12”.

(3) In subsection (4), for “and (7A)” substitute “, (7A) and (7B)”.

(4) After subsection (7A) insert—

“(7B) The first regulations under section 167ZZ19 must not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.”.