The Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 No. 48 (C. 5)

Consequential amendments, transitional modifications and adaptations

Consequential amendment of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations

7.—(1) The Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 14(2) (incidents of the right to return after paternity leave) for the words from “paragraphs 5” to the end there shall be substituted “paragraphs 5, 5B and 6 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(2) (equal treatment under pension schemes: maternity absence, adoption leave and family leave)”.

(3) In regulation 27(2) (incidents of the right to return from adoption leave) for the words from “paragraphs 5” to the end there shall be substituted “paragraphs 5, 5B and 6 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (equal treatment under pension schemes: maternity absence, adoption leave and family leave)”.

(1)

S.R. 2002 No. 377; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 116

(2)

S.I. 1989/1342 (N.I. 13); paragraphs 5A and 5B are inserted by Article 242 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005