1. Introductory Text

2. PART I INTRODUCTION

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

3. PART II ENTITLEMENT

   1. 2. The Maternity Pay Period

   2. 3. Contract of service ended for the purpose of avoiding liability for statutory maternity pay

   3. 4. Modification of entitlement provisions

   4. 5. Treatment of more than one contract of service as one

   5. 6. Lower rate of statutory maternity pay

   6. 7. Liability of Secretary of State to pay Statutory Maternity Pay

   7. 8. Work after confinement

   8. 9. No liability to pay statutory maternity pay

   9. 10. Death of woman

4. PART III CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT AND NORMAL WORKING HOURS

   1. 11. Continuous employment

   2. 12. Continuous employment and unfair dismissal

   3. 13. Continuous employment and stoppages of work

   4. 14. Change of employer

   5. 15. Reinstatement after service with the armed forces etc

   6. 16. Normal working weeks

   7. 16A. Meaning of “week”

5. PART IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

   1. 17. Meaning of “employee”

   2. 18. Treatment of two or more employers as one

   3. 19. Payments to be treated as contractual remuneration

   4. 20. Meaning of “earnings”

   5. 21. Normal weekly earnings

   6. 21A. Effect of statutory maternity pay on incapacity benefit

   7. 21B. Effect of maternity allowance on statutory maternity pay

6. PART V ADMINISTRATION

   1. 22. Evidence of expected week of confinement or of confinement

   2. 23. Notice of absence from work

   3. 24. Notification of employment after confinement

   4. 25. Provision of information in connection with determination of questions

   5. 25A. Provision of information relating to claims for certain other benefits

   6. 26. Records to be maintained by employers

7. PART VI PAYMENT

   1. 27. Payment of statutory maternity pay

   2. 28. Rounding to avoid fractional amounts

   3. 29. Time when statutory maternity pay is to be paid

   4. 30. Payments by the Secretary of State

   5. 31. Persons unable to act

8. PART VII OFFENCES

   1. 32. Penalties

9. Signature

10. Explanatory Note