Section 17.

Rights during and after maternity leave.

Section 18.

Maternity pay period.

Section 20.

Entitlement to statutory maternity pay.

Section 48(1)(b) and (2).

Rate of maternity allowance.

Section 53 so far as relating to the paragraphs of Schedule 7 specified below.

Minor and consequential amendments.

In Schedule 7—

1. (i)

   paragraph 12, and paragraph 8 so far as it relates to that paragraph;

2. (ii)

   paragraph 28, and paragraph 24 so far as it relates to that paragraph;

3. (iii)

   paragraphs 52 and 53.