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.