SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Statutory rights to leave and pay: further amendments

Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)

I150

The Employment Act 2002 is amended as follows.

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I21

Section 7 (funding of employers' liabilities as regards certain statutory pay) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (power to make regulations regarding the funding of statutory pay by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)—

I11a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay and” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I2b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ and statutory shared parental pay ”.

3

In subsection (2) (recovery relating to small employers' relief)—

a

in paragraph (a)—

I11i

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I2ii

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”;

b

in paragraph (b)—

I11i

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I2ii

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

4

In subsection (3) (payments treated as qualifying for small employers' relief)—

I11a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I2b

after “statutory adoption pay”, in the first place it occurs, there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”;

I2c

for the words from “treating the period” to the end there is substituted “treating—

a

the period for which the payment of statutory paternity pay is made,

b

the payee's adoption pay period, or

c

the period for which the payment of statutory shared parental pay is made,

as the maternity pay period.

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I31

Section 8 (regulations about payment) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (power to make regulations with respect to payment by employers of statutory pay)—

I12a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay and” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I3b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ and statutory shared parental pay ”.

3

In subsection (2) (further provision as to regulations)—

a

in paragraph (a)—

I12i

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay and” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I3ii

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ and statutory shared parental pay ”;

b

in paragraph (b)—

I12i

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay and” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I3ii

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ and statutory shared parental pay ”;

c

in paragraph (d)—

I12i

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay and” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I3ii

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ and statutory shared parental pay ”.

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I41

Section 10 (powers to require information) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (power to make regulations requiring the production of information or documents)—

I13a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I4b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

3

In subsection (2) (persons who may be specified as liable to produce information or documents), in paragraph (a)—

I13a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I4b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

54

In section 11 (penalties for failure to comply), in subsection (6) (failures to make payments)—

I14a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I5b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

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I61

Section 12 (penalties for fraud or negligence) is amended as follows.

I152

In subsection (1) (incorrect statement or declaration: ordinary statutory paternity pay)—

a

in paragraph (a), the word “ordinary” is repealed;

b

in paragraph (b), the word “ordinary” is repealed.

I63

In subsection (2) (incorrect statement or declaration: statutory adoption pay or additional statutory paternity pay)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “ statutory shared parental pay ”;

b

in paragraph (b), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “ statutory shared parental pay ”.

I154

In subsection (3) (incorrect payment: ordinary statutory paternity pay), the word “ordinary” is repealed.

I65

In subsection (4) (incorrect payment: statutory adoption pay or additional statutory paternity pay), for “additional statutory paternity pay” there is substituted “ statutory shared parental pay ”.

I156

In subsection (5) (fraudulently or negligently providing incorrect information or receiving incorrect payments), the word “ordinary” is repealed.

56

In section 13 (supply of information held by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), in subsection (1)—

I16a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I7b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

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I81

Section 14 (supply of information held by the Secretary of State) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

I17a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I8b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

3

In subsection (2)—

I17a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

I8b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”.

58

In section 15 (use of information by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), in subsection (2) (functions for the purposes of which information may be used)—

I19a

in paragraph (a) (functions relating to ordinary statutory paternity pay), the word “ordinary” is repealed;

b

paragraph (aa) (functions relating to additional statutory paternity pay) is repealed;

I9c

the “and” following paragraph (b) is repealed;

d

after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

ba

their functions in relation to statutory shared parental pay; and

I1059

In section 55 (short title etc), in subsection (8) (references to Great Britain statutory pay to include statutory pay under corresponding Northern Ireland legislation)—

I18a

for “ordinary statutory paternity pay, additional statutory paternity pay or” there is substituted “ statutory paternity pay, ”;

b

after “statutory adoption pay” there is inserted “ or statutory shared parental pay ”;

c

for “or Part 12ZB” there is substituted “ , Part 12ZB or Part 12ZC ”.