16. In regulation 16 (qualifying paid work requirement: employee)—
(a)for paragraph 3(a) substitute—
“(a)any period the person is—
(i)a foster parent, or
(ii)on specified leave other than adoption leave of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);”.
(b)In paragraph (4)—
(i)in the definition of “adoption leave”, in paragraph (b), for “the Social Security Act” substitute “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act”;
(ii)after the definition of “national insurance number” insert—
““the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act” means either of the following—
(iii)in the definition of “specified leave”, in paragraph (a) for (i) to (v) substitute—
“(i)ordinary or additional maternity leave;
(ii)ordinary or additional adoption leave;
(iii)shared parental leave;
(iv)parental leave;
(v)paternity leave;
(vi)parental bereavement leave;”;
(iv)in paragraph (b), for “the Social Security Act” substitute “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act”.