The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975

2.  Regulation 9C (credits for adoption pay period, shared parental pay period, additional pay period and maternity pay period) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(1) is amended as follows—

(a) in the title, after “shared parental pay period,” insert “parental bereavement pay period,”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(a) after “paragraph (2)(a)” for “or (aa)” substitute “or (d)”;

(c) at the end of paragraph (2)(c) for “.” substitute “; or”;

(d) after paragraph (2)(c) insert—

“(d) the parental bereavement pay period in respect of which statutory parental bereavement pay is paid to a person.”;

(e) at the end of paragraph (5)(b) for “.” substitute “; and”; and

(f) after paragraph (5)(b) insert—

“(c) “statutory parental bereavement pay” means statutory parental bereavement pay payable in accordance with Part 12ZD of that Act and “parental bereavement pay period” means the weeks in respect of which statutory parental bereavement pay is payable to a person under section 167ZZ12(2) of that Act.”.

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S.R. 1975 No. 113; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 105, S.R. 2003 No. 151, S.R. 2012 No. 109, S.R. 2015 No. 146 and S.R. 2022 No. 236.