The Social Security, Occupational Pension Schemes and Statutory Payments (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986

4.—(1) The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 20(2)(a)(2) for the words “from the computation” to “1979” substitute “or 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”.

(3) In regulation 20(4)(3) before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) any amount retrospectively treated as earnings by regulations made by virtue of section 4B(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.

(4) In regulation 21B(b)(4) for the words from “receiving” to the end substitute—

“—

(i) receiving a pay increase referred to in regulation 21(7), or

(ii) being treated as having been paid retrospective earnings under regulation 20(4)(za),”.

(1)

S.I 1986/1960.

(2)

Regulation 20(2) was substituted by regulation 12 of S.I. 1999/567, and is prospectively amended by paragraph 54 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/1031.

(3)

Regulation 20(4) was relevantly amended by regulation 5(a) of S.I. 2002/2690.

(4)

Regulation 21B was substituted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2005/729.