PART 2Amendments relating to paternity leave and paternity pay

Amendments relating to paternity leave and paternity pay: income support3.

(1)

The Income Support Regulations are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “paternity leave”7 substitute—
““paternity leave” means a period of absence from work on ordinary paternity leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 19968 or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act9;”.

(3)

In paragraph 14B of Schedule 1B10 (prescribed categories of person: paternity leave)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1) for “paternity leave” substitute “ordinary paternity leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “statutory paternity pay” substitute “ordinary statutory paternity pay”.

(4)

In paragraph 4A of Schedule 911 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for “statutory paternity pay” substitute “ordinary or additional statutory paternity pay”.