Regulation 21 of the Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations (normal weekly earnings) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

In paragraph (1) for the words “Part V of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “Part XII of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.

In paragraph (2) in the definition “the appropriate date” the words after “whichever is the earlier,” shall be omitted.

In paragraph (3) for the words “section 50(3) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 171(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.