The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28; amended by S.R. 2003 No. 421 and S.R. 2012 No. 121, there are other amending regulations but none is relevant.