State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 U.K.

10.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a) in the definition of ”paternity leave”—

(i) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) omit “or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act”;

(b) at the appropriate place there is inserted—

““shared parental leave” means leave under section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.

(3) In regulation 15 (income for the purposes of the Act) in paragraph (1)—

(a) omit sub-paragraph (qa);

(b) after sub-paragraph (q) insert—

“(qb) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act;”.

(4) In regulation 17A (earnings of an employed earner), in paragraph (2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (i) omit “ordinary”;

(b) omit sub-paragraph (ia);

(c) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(ib) statutory shared parental pay payable under Part 12ZC of the 1992 Act;”.

(5) In Schedule 2 (housing costs), in paragraph 2 (remunerative work), in sub-paragraph (7) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 10(1)(2)(b)(3)(b)(4)(c)(5) in force at 31.12.2014, see art. 1(2)

I2 Art. 10(2)(a)(3)(a)(4)(a)(b) in force at 5.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

(1)

S.I. 2002/1792; amended by S.I. 2002/3019, S.I. 2012/757, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.