The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014

Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 U.K.

27.—(1) The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012(1) is amended as follows.

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

(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 10 (remunerative work), in paragraph (7), after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (pensioners), in Part 6 (income and capital)—

(a) in paragraph 16 (meaning of “income”)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(j)(xvi) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (1)(j)(xvii);

(iii) after subparagraph (1)(j)(xvi) insert—

“(xvia) statutory shared parental pay under Part 12ZC of that Act;”;

(b) in paragraph 18 (earnings of employed earners)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)(j) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (1)(k);

(iii) after sub-paragraph (1)(j) insert—

“(ja) statutory shared parental pay under Part 12ZC of that Act;”;

(c) in paragraph 19 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in sub-paragraph (2)(d) for “ordinary or additional statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory paternity pay, statutory shared parental pay”;

(d) in paragraph 25 (treatment of child care charges), in sub-paragraph (14)—

(i) after “paternity leave” in both places where those words occur insert “, shared parental leave”;

(ii) omit “ordinary”;

(iii) omit “additional statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 171ZEA or 171ZEB of that Act”;

(iv) after “under section 35 of that Act” insert “, statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of that Act”;

(e) in paragraph 25, in sub-paragraph (15)—

(i) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”;

(ii) for “or statutory adoption pay ends” in both places where those words occur substitute “statutory shared paternity pay or statutory adoption pay ends”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 27(1)(2)(b)(3)(4)(a)(iii)(b)(iii)(c)(d)(i)(iv)(e) in force at 31.12.2014, see art. 1(2)

I2 Art. 27(2)(a)(4)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(i)(ii)(d)(ii)(iii) in force at 5.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

(1)

S.I. 2012/2885.