13.—(1) Amend regulation 14 of the Family Credit Regulations(1) as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) for the words “paragraphs (3) to (6)” substitute “paragraphs (3) to (6C)”.
(3) In paragraph (2) for the words “paragraphs (2A) to (6)”(2) substitute “paragraphs (2A) to (6C)”.
(4) After paragraph (6) insert the following paragraphs—
“(6A) Where—
(a)the claimant is entitled at the date of the claim to statutory maternity pay and is or will be receiving extra statutory maternity pay from her employer, and
(b)the next payment from her employer following the date of the claim is a payment which will include statutory maternity pay paid to her for a full pay period at the lower rate only,
the Board shall require the claimant to furnish them with an estimate of her likely earnings and statutory maternity pay to be contained in that payment, and her normal weekly earnings shall be determined by taking account of that estimate.
(6B) Where—
(a)the claimant is entitled at the date of the claim to statutory maternity pay and is or will be receiving extra statutory maternity pay from her employer,
(b)the claim is made during a maternity pay period and at a time when less than half of that maternity pay period has expired, and
(c)in consequence the next payment from her employer following the date of the claim is a payment which will not include statutory maternity pay paid to her for a full pay period at the lower rate only,
the Board shall require the claimant to furnish them with an estimate of her likely earnings and statutory maternity pay to be contained in the first future payment from her employer in which statutory maternity pay will be paid to her at the lower rate only, and her normal weekly earnings shall be determined by taking account of that estimate.
(6C) Where—
(a)the claimant is entitled at the date of the claim to statutory maternity pay and is or will be receiving extra statutory maternity pay from her employer,
(b)the claim is made during a maternity pay period and at a time when more than half of that maternity pay period has expired, and
(c)in consequence the next payment from her employer following the date of the claim is a payment which will not include statutory maternity pay paid to her for a full pay period at the lower rate only,
the Board shall require the claimant to furnish them with details of her earnings and statutory maternity pay contained in the payment from her employer immediately preceding the date of the claim, and her normal weekly earnings shall be determined accordingly.”.