The Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2025

Amendment to the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

13.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

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

(a) in the definition of “employed earner”—

(i) after “statutory sick pay” for “or” substitute “,”;

(ii) after “statutory maternity pay” insert “or statutory neonatal care pay”;

(b) at the appropriate place, insert—

““neonatal care leave” means leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.

(3) In regulation 6 (remunerative work), in paragraph (7), after “shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.

(4) In regulation 29 (meaning of “income”), after paragraph (1)(j)(xviiaa) insert—

“(xviiab) statutory neonatal care pay payable under Part 12ZE of the Act;”.

(5) In regulation 31 (treatment of child care charges)—

(a) in paragraph (14)—

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

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), after “statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of the Act” insert “, statutory neonatal care pay by virtue of section 171ZZ16 of the Act”;

(b) in paragraph (15)—

(i) after “parental bereavement leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory neonatal pay”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory neonatal pay”.

(6) In regulation 35 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (jb) insert—

“(jc) statutory neonatal care pay under Part 12ZE of the Act;”.

(7) In regulation 36 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(d), after “statutory shared parental pay” insert “, statutory neonatal care pay”.

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S.I. 2006/214; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/757, S.I. 2014/3255 and S.I. 2020/354.