The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986

Meaning of “earnings”

20.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2(2) For the purposes of section 171(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, the expression “earnings” refers to gross earnings and includes any remuneration or profit derived from a woman’s employment except any payment or amount which is excluded from the computation of a person’s earnings under regulation 19 or 19B of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979.]

F3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) For the purposes of section 50(3) of the 1986 Act the expression “earnings” includes also—

(a)any sum payable in respect of arrears of pay in pursuance of an order for reinstatement or re-engagement under the 1978 Act;

(b)any sum payable by way of pay in pursuance of an order under the 1978 Act for the continuation of a contract of employment;

(c)any sum payable by way of remuneration in pursuance of a protective award under the Employment Protection Act 1975;

(d)any sum payable by way of statutory sick pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 1(5) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982(1).

F4(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

(1)

, as amended by the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), section 68.