The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Amendment of regulation 2

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “active member”, substitute ““active member” has the meaning given in regulation 2A;”;

(b) at the appropriate place insert—

““additional adoption leave” means additional ordinary adoption leave under section 75B of the Employment Rights Act 1996(1);”;

(c) at the appropriate place insert—

““additional maternity leave” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999(2);”;

(d) omit the definition of “additional paternity leave”;

(e) for the definition of “adoption leave”, substitute—

““adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave or additional adoption leave;”;

(f) at the appropriate place insert—

““child-related leave” means adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or shared parental leave;”;

(g) for the definition of “connected scheme”, substitute—

““connected scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 2B;”;

(h) in the definition of “index adjustment”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “that scheme year” substitute “the previous scheme year”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “that scheme year” substitute “the previous scheme year”;

(i) in the definition of “maternity leave”, omit the words after “additional maternity leave”;

(j) at the appropriate place insert—

““ordinary adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave under section 75A of the Employment Rights Act 1996(3);”;

(k) for the definition of “partnership pension account”, substitute—

““partnership pension account” has the meaning given in regulation 2C;”;

(l) at the appropriate place insert—

““PCSPS partial retirement option” means the option exercisable under rule—

(a)

D.1A of Section I of the PCSPS;

(b)

3.3b of Section II of the PCSPS; or

(c)

E.4 of Section III of the PCSPS;”;

(m) at the appropriate place insert—

““shared parental leave” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014(4);”;

(n) in the definition of “statutory pay”—

(i) in paragraph (c), omit “ordinary”;

(ii) for paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) statutory shared parental pay within the meaning of section 171ZU (entitlement: birth) or section 171ZV (entitlement: adoption) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(5);”;

(o) omit the definition of “surviving nominated partner”;

(p) at the appropriate place insert—

““surviving partner” has the meaning given in regulation 101;”.

(1)

1996 c. 18. Section 75B was inserted by the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), section 3, and amended by the Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), Schedule 1, paragraph 34, and the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), sections 118(1), 118(5) and 122(2).

(2)

Section 73 was replaced by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), Schedule 4, part 1, and amended by the Work and Families Act 2006, Schedule 1, paragraph 32, and the Children and Families Act 2014, section 118(3).

(3)

Section 75A was inserted by the Employment Act 2002, section 3, and amended by the Work and Families Act 2006, Schedule 1, paragraph 33, and the Children and Families Act 2014, sections 118(1), 118(4), 121(1) and 122(1).

(4)

S.I. 2014/3050, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(5)

1992 c.4. Sections 171ZU and 171ZV were inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 119.