1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Participating Wife or Civil Partner of Self-employed Earner) Regulations 2014.
(2) They come into force on 1st April 2014.
(3) Regulation 2 applies in relation to the payment of maternity allowance in cases where a woman’s expected week of confinement (within the meaning of section 35 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1)) begins on or after 27th July 2014.
Section 35 was amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30) (“the 1999 Act”), sections 53(1) and 53(2)(a); the Employment Act 2002 (c.22) (“the 2002 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraphs 2 and 4(1), (2), (3) and (4); the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), section 63(1) and (2)(a) and (2)(b); the Work and Families Act 2006 (c.18), Schedule 1, paragraph 6; the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/1230), regulation 2(3); the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), section 67; and the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 (c.29), sections 2(1) and 4(2).