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[F2(2) For the purposes of section 171(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, the expression “earnings” refers to gross earnings and includes any remuneration or profit derived from a woman’s employment except any payment or amount which is—
(a)excluded [F3or disregarded in the calculation of a person’s earnings under regulation 25, 27 or 123 of, or Schedule 3 to, the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001] (payments to be disregarded and payments to directors to be disregarded respectively) [F4(or would have been so excluded had she not been under the age of 16)];
(b)a chargeable emolument under section 10A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, except where, in consequence of such a chargeable emolument being excluded from earnings, a woman would not be entitled to statutory maternity pay [F5(or where such a payment or amount would have been so excluded and in consequence she would not have been entitled to statutory maternity pay had she not been under the age of 16)].]
F6(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) For the purposes of [F7section 171(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act] the expression “earnings”
[F8(za)any amount retrospectively treated as earnings by regulations made by virtue of section 4B(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;]
(a)any sum payable in respect of arrears of pay in pursuance of an order for reinstatement or re-engagement under the 1978 Act;
(b)any sum payable by way of pay in pursuance of an order under the 1978 Act for the continuation of a contract of employment;
(c)any sum payable by way of remuneration in pursuance of a protective award under the Employment Protection Act 1975;
(d)any sum payable by way of statutory sick pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 1(5) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982(1).
[F9(e)any sum payable by way of statutory maternity pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 164(9)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;]
[F9(f)any sum payable by way of statutory paternity pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZD(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;]
[F9(g)any sum payable by way of statutory adoption pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZM(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.]
F10(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 20(1) omitted (16.11.1992) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2595), regs. 1, 13(2)
F2Reg. 20(2) substituted (6.4.1999) by The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/567), regs. 1(1)(b), 12
F3Words in reg. 20(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security, Occupational Pension Schemes and Statutory Payments (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1154), regs. 1(1), 4(2)
F4Words in reg. 20(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 1(1), Sch. 8 para. 54(2) (with Sch. 8 para. 54(4))
F5Words in reg. 20(2)(b) inserted (1.10.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031), reg. 1(1), Sch. 8 para. 54(3) (with Sch. 8 para. 54(4))
F6Reg. 20(3) omitted (16.11.1992) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2595), regs. 1, 13(4)
F7Words in reg. 20(4) substituted (24.11.2002) by The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2690), regs. 1(1)(a), 5(a)
F8Reg. 20(4)(za) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security, Occupational Pension Schemes and Statutory Payments (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1154), regs. 1(1), 4(3)
F9Reg. 20(4)(e)-(g) added (8.12.2002) by The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2690), regs. 1(1)(c), 5(b)
F10Reg. 20(5)(6) omitted (16.11.1992) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2595), regs. 1, 13(4)
, as amended by the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), section 68.
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