Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations5
1
The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198719 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
2
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
a
before the definition of “the Order” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
b
after the definition of “Part VI” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“the Contributions Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979;
3
After regulation 2 (persons in other member States — meaning of “employee”) there shall be inserted the following regulation—
Persons absent from Northern Ireland — meaning of “employee”2A
Subject to regulations 2, 3 and 7(3), where a woman, while absent from Northern Ireland for any purpose, is gainfully employed by an employer who is liable to pay in respect of her secondary Class 1 contributions under section 6 of the Contributions and Benefits Act or regulation 112 of the Contributions Regulations, she shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part XII of that Act.
4
Regulation 4 is hereby revoked.
5
In regulation 5 (women who worked in the European Community)—
a
in paragraph (1)(b) for “2 years” there shall be substituted “26 weeks”;
b
paragraph (2) is hereby revoked.
6
Regulation 8 is hereby revoked.