Amendment of regulation 16
10. In regulation 16—
(a)in paragraph (2)(e) omit “in whole or”;
(b)in paragraph (4)(d) omit “in whole or”;
(c)in paragraph (17)(a) for “or additional paternity leave” substitute “additional paternity leave or shared parental leave”; and
(d)after paragraph (17) insert—
“(18) Where the member elects to pay an APC to cover the amount of pension that would otherwise have accrued but for an absence of the type mentioned in regulations 11(1), (3), (4)(b) or (4)(c), the amount of pension that would have accrued during that absence shall be calculated on the pensionable pay the member would have received but for the absence or in accordance with guidance to be issued by the Scottish Ministers where that amount of pensionable remuneration cannot readily be determined.”.