The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

Amendment of regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations

8.—(1) Regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (provision of information relating to claims for certain other benefits)(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1) for the words “section 46(4) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 164(4)(a) or (9)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(2)”.

(3) In paragraph (3)—

(a) the word “either” shall be omitted;

(b) the words “or for part of a week within the maternity pay period she was not present in a member State,” shall be omitted.

(4) In the paragraph (4)(b)—

(a) in head (i) for the words “21 days” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”;

(b) in head (ii) the words “or, as the case may be, absence from a member State” shall be omitted.

(1)

Regulation 25A was inserted by regulation 7 of S.I. 1990/622.

(2)

Section 164(4)(a) was substituted and section 164(9)(ea) was inserted by section 20 of the Employment Act 2002.