Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 19864

1

The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 19868 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 20(2)(a)9 for the words “from the computation” to “1979” substitute “or disregarded in the calculation of a person’s earnings under regulation 25, 27 or 123 of, or Schedule 3 to, the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001”.

3

In regulation 20(4)10 before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

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any amount retrospectively treated as earnings by regulations made by virtue of section 4B(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

4

In regulation 21B(b)11 for the words from “receiving” to the end substitute—

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i

receiving a pay increase referred to in regulation 21(7), or

ii

being treated as having been paid retrospective earnings under regulation 20(4)(za),