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Statutory Instruments
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made
12th March 1987
Laid before Parliament
16th March 1987
Coming into force
6th April 1987
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 80 and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 M1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which is made before the end of the period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, makes the following Regulations:—
Marginal Citations
M11986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 6th April 1987.
(2) In these Regulations, the “1986 Act” means the Social Security Act 1986[F1, “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, “the Contributions Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979], and the “General Regulations” means the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 M2.
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 1(2) inserted (6.4.1996) by The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/777), regs. 1, 4(2) (with reg. 6)
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2. Subject to regulation 3, a woman who is—
(a)gainfully employed in a member State F3... in such circumstances that if her employment were in Great Britain she would be an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act or a woman treated as such an employee under regulation 17 of the General Regulations; and
(b)subject to the legislation of the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71M3 [F4, as amended from time to time, or Regulation(EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, as amended from time to time, on the coordination of social security systems];
notwithstanding that she is not employed in Great Britain, shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act.
Textual Amendments
F2Word in reg. 2 title omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 2(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 2(b) inserted (15.11.2018) by The Social Security (Updating of EU References) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1084), reg. 1, Sch. para. 5
Marginal Citations
M3O.J. No. L230, 22.8.83.
2A. Subject to regulations 2, 3 and 7(3), where a woman, while absent from Great Britain for any purpose, is gainfully employed by an employer who is liable to pay in respect of her secondary Class 1 contributions under section 6 of the Contributions and Benefits Act or regulation 120 of the Contributions Regulations, she shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part XII of the Contributions and Benefits Act.]
Textual Amendments
3. No woman who, by virtue of regulation 17 of the General Regulations, would be treated as not being an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act if her employment were in Great Britain, shall be treated as an employee by virtue of these Regulations.
F64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F6Reg. 4 omitted (6.4.1996) by virtue of The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/777), regs. 1, 4(4) (with reg. 6)
5.—(1) A woman who is an employee or treated as an employee under regulation 2 and who—
(a)in the week immediately preceding the 14th week before the expected week of confinement M4 was in employed earner's employment with an employer in Great Britain, and
(b)had in any week within the period of [F726 weeks] immediately preceding that week been employed by the same employer in [F8a ] member State,
shall be treated for the purposes of sections 46(2) and 48 of the 1986 Act as having been employed in employed earner's employment in those weeks in which she was so employed in the F9... member State.
F10(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F7Words in reg. 5(1)(b) substituted (6.4.1996) by The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/777), regs. 1, 4(5)(a) (with reg. 6)
F8Word in reg. 5(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Word in reg. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Reg. 5(2) omitted (6.4.1996) by virtue of The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/777), regs. 1, 4(5)(b) (with reg. 6)
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M4See section 50(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 for the meaning of “confinement”.
6. Where—
(a)a woman is outside the United Kingdom;
(b)Part V of the 1986 Act or Regulations made under that Act or under Part III of the Social Security Act 1975 M5 require any act to be done forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time; and
(c)because the woman is outside the United Kingdom she or her employer cannot comply with the requirement;
the woman or the employer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have complied with it if the act is performed as soon as reasonably practicable.
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M51975 c. 14; sections 100 and 101, as amended by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1986 and extended to statutory maternity pay by section 52(3), (6) and (7), provide for the time for making appeals and applications to be prescribed by Regulations.
7.—(1) In this regulation, “foreign-going ship”, “home-trade ship” and “mariner” have the same meanings as in Case C of Part VIII of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 M6 and the expressions “ship” and “ship or vessel”, except in paragraph (3), include hovercraft.
(2) Subject to regulation 3, a mariner engaged in employment on board a home-trade ship with an employer who has a place of business within the United Kingdom shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act, notwithstanding that she may not be employed in Great Britain.
(3) A mariner who is engaged in employment—
(a)on a foreign-going ship, or
(b)on a home-trade ship with an employer who does not have a place of business within the United Kingdom,
shall not be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act, notwithstanding that she may have been employed in Great Britain.
Marginal Citations
M6S.I. 1979/591; there are no amendments relevant to these Regulations.
8.—(1) In this regulation—
“designated area” means any area which may from time to time be designated by Order in Council under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 M7 as an area within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised;
“prescribed area” means an area over which Norway or any member State F11... exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring the seabed and subsoil and exploiting their natural resources, being an area outside the territorial seas of Norway or that member State or any other area which is from time to time specified under section 22(5) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 M8;
“prescribed employment” means employment in a designated area or prescribed area in connection with any activity mentioned in section 23(2) of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 in any designated area or in any prescribed area.
(2) Subject to regulation 3, a woman in prescribed employment shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act notwithstanding that she may not be employed in Great Britain.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in reg. 8(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
F129. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F12Reg. 9 omitted (6.4.1996) by virtue of The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/777), regs. 1, 4(6) (with reg. 6)
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
John Major
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Security
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for statutory maternity pay (under Part V of the Social Security Act 1986), in relation to persons abroad, women who work as mariners or women who work on the continental shelf.
Under section 50(1) of that Act, a woman is not, as a rule, an "employee' and therefore qualified to receive statutory maternity pay, unless she is employed in Great Britain. Regulation 2 makes exceptions to that rule for women employed in other member States of the European Communities but subject to the legislation of the United Kingdom. This and the other exceptions made by the Regulations are, however, overriden by regulation 3, which provides that the woman is not to be treated as an employee if she would not be so treated if her employment was in Great Britain.
Regulation 4 provides that the maternity pay period is not to begin in a week in which a woman is outside the member States of the European Communities, or, if the maternity pay period has begun, for benefit not to be payable for any week in which she is outside those States.
Where a woman has worked for the same employer both in Great Britain and in another member State, regulation 5 permits her, in specified circumstances, to have her employment in the member State treated as though it was employed earner's employment.
Some of the provisions relating to statutory maternity pay impose time limits, but these are relaxed by regulation 6 in their application to persons who are outside the United Kingdom and for that reason cannot comply with them.
Regulation 7 treats certain mariners as employees for the purposes of entitlement to statutory maternity pay and regulation 8 makes similar provisions for women who worked on the continental shelf.
Regulation 9 provides that the maternity pay period is not to commence, or if commenced, is to end, where a woman is outside the Euoropean Community. This regulation does not apply where the absence is due to the woman's employment as a mariner or on the continental shelf.
The provisions of the Social Security Act 1986 under which these Regulations are made have not yet been in force for 12 months. Accordingly the Regulations are exempt, by section 61(5) of that Act, from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee and have not been so referred.
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