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

Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 U.K.

24.—(1) The Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012(1) are amended as follows.

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

(a) omit the definition of “additional statutory paternity pay”;

(b) omit the definition of “ordinary statutory paternity pay”;

(c) in the definition of “paternity leave”—

(i) omit “ordinary”;

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

(d) at the appropriate places there is inserted—

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

“(ii) “statutory paternity pay” means statutory paternity pay under section 171ZA or 171ZB of the 1992 Act;”;

“(iii) “statutory shared parental pay” means statutory shared parental pay under section 171ZU or 171ZV of the 1992 Act;”.

(3) In regulation 6 (remunerative work), in paragraph (7), after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”.

(4) In regulation 27 (meaning of “income”), in paragraph (1)(j)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (xviii) for “ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory paternity pay”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (xviii) insert—

“(xviiia) statutory shared parental pay;”.

(5) In regulation 29 (treatment of child care charges)—

(a) in paragraph (15)—

(i) after “paternity leave” in both places where those words appear insert “, shared parental leave”;

(ii) for “ordinary statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory paternity pay”

(iii) omit “, additional statutory paternity pay”;

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

(b) in paragraph (16)—

(i) after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”;

(ii) for “ordinary statutory paternity pay” in both places where those words appear substitute “statutory paternity pay”;

(iii) omit “, additional statutory paternity pay” in both places where those words appear;

(iv) for “or statutory adoption pay ends” in both places where those words appear, substitute “, statutory shared parental pay or statutory adoption pay ends”.

(6) In regulation 32 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (1) —

(a) in sub-paragraph (i) for “ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory paternity pay”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(ia) statutory shared parental pay;”.

(7) In regulation 33 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(d) —

(a) for “ordinary statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory paternity pay”;

(b) omit “, additional statutory paternity pay”;

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

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 24(1)(2)(d)(i)(iii)(3)(4)(b)(5)(a)(i)(iv)(b)(i)(iv)(6)(b)(7)(c) in force at 31.12.2014, see art. 1(2)

I2 Art. 24(2)(a)-(c)(d)(ii)(4)(a)(5)(a)(ii)(iii)(b)(ii)(iii)(6)(a)(7)(a)(b) in force at 5.4.2015, see art. 1(3)

(1)

S.S.I. 2012/319; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.