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Made | 8th September 2006 | ||
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2) |
Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
3.
—(1) The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[8] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) For regulation 2[9] (the maternity pay period) substitute—
the first day of the maternity pay period shall be the day on which she expects his liability to pay her statutory maternity pay to begin in conformity with that notice provided that day is not later than the day immediately following the day on which she is confined.
(2) The maternity pay period shall be a period of 39 consecutive weeks.
(3) In a case where a woman is confined—
section 161 of the Contributions and Benefits Act shall have effect so that the first day of the maternity pay period shall be the day following the day on which she is so confined.
(4) In a case where a woman is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy or confinement on any day—
the first day of the maternity pay period shall be the day following the day on which she is so absent.
(5) In a case where a woman leaves her employment—
the first day of the maternity pay period shall be the day following the day on which she leaves her employment.".
(3) After regulation 9 (no liability to pay statutory maternity pay) insert—
(4) For regulation 28[10] (rounding to avoid fractional amounts) substitute—
Amendment of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations
4.
—(1) The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[11] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2 (disqualification for the receipt of a maternity allowance), for paragraph (a) substitute—
(3) In regulation 3(2A)[12] (modification of the maternity allowance period) for "26 weeks commencing with the week following that in which she stopped work" substitute "39 weeks commencing no earlier than the day she becomes entitled to maternity allowance and no later than the day following the day on which she is confined".
Revocations
5.
The regulations specified in column (1) of the Schedule are revoked to the extent mentioned in column (3).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on
8th September 2006
L.S.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
Citation | Reference | Extent of revocation |
The Social Security Maternity Benefits, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 | S.R. 1994 No. 191 | Regulation 2(2) |
The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) (Consequential and Transitional Amendments and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 | S.R. 1995 No. 150 | Regulation 14(7)(a) |
The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker's Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 | S.R. 1996 No. 289 | Regulation 11(5)(a) |
The Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 | S.R. 2002 No. 354 | Regulations 2(2) and (6) and 5(c) |
Regulation 4 amends the Maternity Allowance Regulations to—
Regulation 5 makes consequential revocations.
Article 63 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, by virtue of, or consequential upon, which regulation 2 is made, is brought into operation on 1st October 2006, by the Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 13) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 360 (C. 20)). Article 3 of, and paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, by virtue of, or consequential upon, which regulations 3 and 4 are made, were brought into operation on 1st September 2006 (in relation to paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations) by the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 344 (C. 17)). As the Regulations are made before the end of the period of 6 months from the commencement of those provisions, they are, accordingly, exempt, by virtue of section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
An assessment of the cost to business was made in accordance with the Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006. Copies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment may be obtained from Employment Rights Branch, Department for Employment and Learning, Room 203 Adelaide House, 39-49 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8FD or from the Department for Employment and Learning website: www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/pubs-employment-rights/wf-regulatory-impact-assessment-choice-flexibility.
[2] Section 5(1)(m) applies as if statutory maternity pay were a benefit by virtue of section 5(4) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)back
[3] 1992 c. 8; section 71(1) was amended by paragraph 32(2) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and section 165(3) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002back
[4] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back
[5] S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)back
[6] S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)back
[7] S.R. 1979 No. 242; paragraph (1) was substituted by regulation 14(7)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 150 and amended by regulation 11(5)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 289back
[8] S.R. 1987 No. 30; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 191 and S.R. 2002 No. 354back
[9] Regulation 2 was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1994 No. 191 and regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2002 No. 354back
[10] Regulation 28 was amended by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2002 No. 354back
[11] S.R. 1987 No. 170; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 191 and S.R. 2002 No. 354back
[12] Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 1994 No. 191 and amended by regulation 5(c) of S.R. 2002 No. 354back