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Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

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Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, Section 171ZW is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1171ZWEntitlement: generalU.K.

(1)Regulations may—

(a)provide that the following do not have effect, or have effect subject to prescribed modifications, in such cases as may be prescribed—

(i)section 171ZU(2)(a) to (o),

(ii)section 171ZU(4)(a) to (p),

(iii)section 171ZU(13)(a) and (b),

(iv)section 171ZU(15)(a) to (c),

(v)section 171ZV(2)(a) to (o),

(vi)section 171ZV(4)(a) to (p),

(vii)section 171ZV(13)(a) and (b), and

(viii)section 171ZV(15)(a) to (c);

(b)impose requirements about evidence of entitlement and procedures to be followed;

(c)specify in what circumstances employment is to be treated as continuous for the purposes of section 171ZU or 171ZV;

(d)provide that a person is to be treated for the purposes of section 171ZU or 171ZV as being employed for a continuous period of at least the prescribed period where—

(i)the person has been employed by the same employer for at least the prescribed period under two or more separate contracts of service, and

(ii)those contracts were not continuous;

(e)provide for amounts earned by a person under separate contracts of service with the same employer to be aggregated for the purposes of section 171ZU or 171ZV;

(f)provide that—

(i)the amount of a person's earnings for any period, or

(ii)the amount of the person's earnings to be treated as comprised in any payment made to the person or for the person's benefit,

are to be calculated or estimated for the purposes of section 171ZU or 171ZV in such manner and on such basis as may be prescribed and that for that purpose payments of a particular class or description made or falling to be made to or by a person are, to such extent as may be prescribed, to be disregarded or, as the case may be, to be deducted from the amount of the person's earnings.

(2)The persons upon whom requirements may be imposed by virtue of subsection (1)(b) include—

(a)a person who, in connection with another person's claim to be paid statutory shared parental pay, is required to satisfy conditions prescribed under section 171ZU(2)(b) or (4)(c) or 171ZV(2)(b) or (4)(c);

(b)an employer or former employer of such a person.

(3)In subsection (1)(d) “the prescribed period” means the period of the length prescribed by regulations under section 171ZU(2)(c) or (4)(d) or 171ZV(2)(c) or (4)(d), as the case may be.]

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