The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012

Amendments relating to paternity leave and paternity pay: housing benefit for those not of pensionable age

7.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “paternity leave” substitute—

““paternity leave” means a period of absence from work on ordinary paternity leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act;”.

(3) In regulation 28(14) (treatment of child care charges)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a)(iii), for “statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 171ZA or 171ZB of the Act” substitute “ordinary statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 171ZA or 171ZB of the Act, additional statutory paternity pay by virtue of section 171ZEA or 171ZEB of the Act(1)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) and (iii), for “statutory paternity pay” in each place substitute “ordinary or additional statutory paternity pay”.

(4) In regulation 35(1)(i) (earnings of employed earners) for “statutory paternity pay” substitute “ordinary or additional statutory paternity pay”.

(5) In regulation 36(3)(d) (calculation of net earnings of employed earners) for “statutory paternity pay” substitute “ordinary or additional statutory paternity pay”.

(1)

Sections 171ZEA and 171ZEB are inserted by the Schedule to the Work and Families Act 2006 (c.18).