C4C5C6PART 1EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

Annotations:

Miscellaneous

I120Relationship with statutory payments

1

A person is not entitled to an employment and support allowance in respect of a day if, for the purposes of statutory sick pay, that day—

a

is a day of incapacity for work in relation to a contract of service, and

b

falls within a period of entitlement (whether or not it is a qualifying day).

C12

Except as regulations may provide, a woman who is entitled to statutory maternity pay is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day that falls within the maternity pay period.

3

Regulations may provide that—

a

an amount equal to a woman's statutory maternity pay for a period shall be deducted from a contributory allowance in respect of the same period,

b

a woman shall only be entitled to a contributory allowance if there is a balance after the deduction, and

c

if there is such a balance, a woman shall be entitled to a contributory allowance at a weekly rate equal to it.

C24

Except as regulations may provide, a person who is entitled to statutory adoption pay is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day that falls within the adoption pay period.

5

Regulations may provide that—

a

an amount equal to a person's statutory adoption pay for a period shall be deducted from a contributory allowance in respect of the same period,

b

a person shall only be entitled to a contributory allowance if there is a balance after the deduction, and

c

if there is such a balance, a person shall be entitled to a contributory allowance at a weekly rate equal to it.

C36

Except as regulations may provide, a person who is entitled to additional statutory paternity pay is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day that falls within the additional paternity pay period.

7

Regulations may provide that—

a

an amount equal to a person's additional statutory paternity pay for a period shall be deducted from a contributory allowance in respect of the same period,

b

a person shall only be entitled to a contributory allowance if there is a balance after the deduction, and

c

if there is such a balance, a person shall be entitled to a contributory allowance at a weekly rate equal to it.

8

In this section—

  • additional paternity pay period” has the meaning given in section 167ZEE(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

  • adoption pay period” has the meaning given in section 167ZN(2) of that Act;

  • maternity pay period” has the meaning given in section 161(1) of that Act.