The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014

Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 U.K.

18.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) 2006(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(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 6 (remunerative work), in paragraph (7) for “or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”.

(4) In regulation 29 (meaning of “income”), in paragraph (1)(j)—

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

(b) omit sub-paragraph (xvia);

(c) after sub-paragraph (xvii) insert—

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

(5) In regulation 31 (treatment of child care charges)—

(a) in paragraph (14) for “ or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”;

(b) in paragraph (14)(a) for “or adoption leave” substitute “, adoption leave or shared parental leave”;

(c) in paragraph (14)(c)—

(i) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) omit “additional statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 171ZEA or 171ZEB of the Act,”

(iii) after “section 171ZL of the Act” insert “, statutory shared parental pay by virtue of section 171ZU or 171ZV of the Act”;

(d) in paragraph (15)(b)—

(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;

(ii) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”;

(e) in paragraph 15(c)—

(i) omit “ordinary or additional”;

(ii) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”;

(6) In regulation 35 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in paragraph (i) omit “ordinary”;

(b) omit paragraph (ia);

(c) after paragraph (j) insert—

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

(7) In regulation 36 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(d)—

(a) omit “ordinary or additional”;

(b) for “or statutory adoption pay” substitute “, statutory adoption pay or statutory shared parental pay”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 18(1)(2)(b)(3)(4)(c)(5)(a)(b)(c)(iii)(d)(ii)(e)(ii)(6)(c)(7)(b) in force at 31.12.2014, see art. 1(2)

I2 Art. 18(2)(a)(4)(a)(b)(5)(c)(i)(ii)(d)(i)(e)(i)(6)(a)(b)(7)(a) in force at 5.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

(1)

S.I. 2006/214; amended by S.I, 2012/757, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.