Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013

29.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (general interpretation) in paragraph (2), at the appropriate place there is inserted—

“shared parental leave” means a period of absence from work on leave by virtue of section 75E or 75G of the Employment Rights Act 1996;.

(3) In regulation 43 (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work), in paragraph (1) after “paternity leave,” insert “shared parental leave,”.

(4) In regulation 58 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(c), after “paternity leave” insert “, shared parental leave”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/378; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.