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5.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), at the appropriate place insert—
““neonatal care leave” means leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.
(3) In regulation 5 (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work), in paragraph (3A), after “shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
(4) In regulation 35 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(b), after “shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
(5) In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) after paragraph 14C insert—
14D.—(1) A person who is entitled to, and is taking, neonatal care leave by virtue of section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and who satisfies either or both of the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) below.
(2) The conditions for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are that the person—
(a)is not entitled to statutory neonatal care pay by virtue of Part 12ZE of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or to any remuneration from their employer in respect of that leave for the period to which the claim for income support relates;
(b)is entitled to working tax credit, child tax credit payable at a rate higher than the family element, housing benefit or council tax benefit on the day before that leave begins.
(3) In this paragraph “remuneration” means payment of any kind and “family element” means the amount specified in regulation 7(3) of the Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 but subject in any case to calculations of that amount made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002.”.
(6) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 4—
(a)after “or under Part 12ZD” insert “or 12ZE”;
(b)after “shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/2119, S.I. 2002/2689, S.I. 2008/698, S.I. 2012/757, S.I. 2014/3255 and S.I. 2020/354.
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