SCHEDULE 7Statutory rights to leave and pay: further amendments
Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)
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(1)
Section 12 (penalties for fraud or negligence) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1) (incorrect statement or declaration: ordinary statutory paternity pay)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), the word “ordinary” is repealed;
(b)
in paragraph (b), the word “ordinary” is repealed.
(3)
In subsection (2) (incorrect statement or declaration: statutory adoption pay or additional statutory paternity pay)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “statutory shared parental pay”;
(b)
in paragraph (b), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “statutory shared parental pay”.
(4)
In subsection (3) (incorrect payment: ordinary statutory paternity pay), the word “ordinary” is repealed.
(5)
In subsection (4) (incorrect payment: statutory adoption pay or additional statutory paternity pay), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “statutory shared parental pay”.
(6)
In subsection (5) (fraudulently or negligently providing incorrect information or receiving incorrect payments), the word “ordinary” is repealed.