1992 No. 1310 (N.I. 10)
The Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992
Title and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1992.
Interpretation2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Meaning of “still-birth”3
In Article 2(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976F2 (interpretation), in the definition of “still-birth”, for the words “twenty-eighth week” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-fourth week”
.
Meaning of “confinement” for certain social security purposes4
In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992F3
a
in section 35(6) (definition of “confinement” for the purpose of maternity allowance), and
b
in section 167(1) (interpretation of Part XII-statutory maternity pay), in the definition of “confinement”,
for the words “28 weeks” there shall be substituted the words “24 weeks”
.