Amendment of regulation 21B of the principal Regulations4

For regulation 21B of the principal Regulations (effect of maternity allowance on statutory maternity pay)7, there shall be substituted the following regulation—

Effect of maternity allowance on statutory maternity pay21B

Where a woman, in any week which falls within the maternity pay period, is—

a

in receipt of maternity allowance pursuant to the provisions of sections 35 and 35A of the Contributions and Benefits Act8; and

b

entitled to receive statutory maternity pay in consequence of receiving a pay increase referred to in regulation 21(7),

the employer shall not be liable to make payments of statutory maternity pay in respect of such a week unless, and to the extent by which, the rate of statutory maternity pay9 exceeds the rate of maternity allowance10 received by her in that week.