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6.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement, interpretation and application), in paragraph (3), at the appropriate place insert—
““neonatal care leave” means leave under section 80EF of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”.
(3) In regulation 15 (circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available), in paragraph (1)(bc)—
(a)after “paternity leave,” insert “neonatal care leave,”;
(b)for “or 80EA” substitute “80EA or 80EF”.
(4) In regulation 52 (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work), in paragraph (1), after “parental bereavement leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
(5) In regulation 98 (earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2)(c), after “parental bereavement leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
(6) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 4—
(a)after “statutory parental bereavement pay by virtue of Part 12ZD of the Benefits Act,” insert “statutory neonatal care pay by virtue of Part 12ZE of the Benefits Act,”;
(b)after “, shared parental leave” insert “, neonatal care leave”.
S.I. 1996/207; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/2689, S.I. 2008/698, S.I. 2012/757, S.I. 2014/3255 and S.I. 2020/354.
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