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The Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

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1.—(1) In Schedule 5 (employment-related schemes for pensions or other benefits: equal treatment for men and women), paragraph 5A (unfair paternity leave provisions) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (3), for “or statutory paternity pay” substitute “, ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (4), in the definition of “period of paid paternity leave”—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “or (7)” substitute “, (7) or (8)”, and

(b)in paragraph (b), for “or statutory paternity pay” substitute “, ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay”.

(4) After sub-paragraph (7) add—

(8) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)the member’s absence from work is due to the fact that he is caring for a child, and

(b)in relation to that child, the member satisfies the conditions prescribed—

(i)under section 167ZEA(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of that Act,

(ii)under section 167ZEB(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of that Act, or

(iii)under section 167ZEB(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of that Act as applied by virtue of section 167ZK of that Act (adoption cases not involving placement under the law of the United Kingdom)..

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