3.—(1) Regulation 5 of the Income Support Regulations (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work)(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(3A) A person shall not be treated as engaged in remunerative work on any day on which the person is on maternity leave or is absent from work because he is ill.”.
(3) In paragraph (6) for the words “paragraph (f)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (k)”.