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Made | 30th October 2002 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 1st November 2002 | ||
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1) |
(2) These Regulations, (except for regulations 3,5,6,10,14 and 16), shall take effect only in respect of those women whose expected week of confinement commences on or after 6th April 2003.
(3) In these Regulations -
Amendment of regulation 2 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
2.
- (1) Regulation 2 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (the Maternity Pay Period) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph -
(8) After paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph -
Substitution of regulation 6 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
3.
For regulation 6 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (lower rate of statutory maternity pay) there shall be substituted the following regulation -
Amendment of regulation 11(1) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
4.
In regulation 11(1) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (continuous employment) -
Amendment of regulation 20(4) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
5.
In regulation 20(4) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (meaning of "earnings") -
Revocation of regulation 21A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
6.
Regulation 21A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (effect of statutory maternity pay on incapacity benefit)[15] is hereby revoked.
Amendment of regulation 23 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
7.
- (1) Regulation 23 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (notice of absence from work) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) -
(4) For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph -
Amendment of regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
8.
- (1) Regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (provision of information relating to claims for certain other benefits)[16] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) for the words "section 46(4) of the 1986 Act" there shall be substituted the words "section 164(4)(a) or (9)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Act[17]".
(3) In paragraph (3) -
(4) In the paragraph (4)(b) -
Amendment of regulation 28 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations
9.
In regulation 28 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (rounding to avoid fractional amounts) for the words "at the higher rate specified in section 48(2) of the 1986 Act" there shall be substituted the words "at the earnings-related rate referred to in section 166(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act[18]".
Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations
10.
- (1) In the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations, after regulation 7 (days of statutory sick pay to be included in days of entitlement to incapacity benefit) there shall be inserted the following regulations -
(2) Any day which, by virtue of paragraph (1), forms part of a period of incapacity for work shall be further treated, for the purpose of determining entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, as being a day on which the woman has been entitled to short-term incapacity benefit.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation "period of incapacity for work" has the same meaning as in section 30C(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
(4) Where by virtue of paragraph (1) a woman is entitled to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit for any week (including part of a week) the total amount of such benefit (including any increase for a dependant) payable to her for that week shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any statutory maternity pay to which she is entitled in accordance with Part 12 of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the same week and only the balance, if any, of the short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit shall be payable to her.".
(2) After that regulation there shall be inserted the following regulation -
(2) Any day which, by virtue of paragraph (1), forms part of a period of incapacity for work shall be further treated, for the purpose of determining entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, as being a day on which the person has been entitled to short-term incapacity benefit.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation "period of incapacity for work" has the same meaning as in section 30C(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
(4) Where by virtue of paragraph (1) a person is entitled to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit for any week (including part of a week) the total amount of such benefit (including any increase for a dependant) payable to him for that week shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any statutory adoption pay to which he is entitled in accordance with Part 12ZB of the Contributions and Benefits Act[22] for the same week and only the balance, if any, of the short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit shall be payable to him.".
Amendment of regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations
11.
In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations (notification of election) for the words "21 days " there shall be substituted the words "28 days".
Amendment of regulation 4 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations
12.
In regulation 4 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations (provision of information) for the words "21 days" there shall be substituted the words "28 days".
Amendment of regulation 3 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations
13.
- (1) Regulation 3 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (period of entitlement ending or not arising) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (4)(b) for the words "6th week" there shall be substituted the words "4th week".
(3) In paragraph (5)(b) for the words "6th week" there shall be substituted the words "4th week".
Amendment of regulation 17(3) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations
14.
In regulation 17(3) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (meaning of "earnings") -
Amendment of regulation 3 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations
15.
- (1) Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations (modification of the maternity allowance period) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) for the words "Section 22(2) of the Act" there shall be substituted the words "Section 35(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992".
(3) Paragraph (2) shall be omitted.
(4) In paragraph (2A) for the words "18 weeks" there shall be substituted the words "26 weeks".
Amendment of regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations
16.
In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (specified payments for employed earners), after sub-paragraph (e), there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs -
Amendment of regulation 3(a) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations
17.
In regulation 3(a) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (specified payments for self-employed earners) for the words "the lower earnings limit in force" there shall be substituted the words "an amount 90 per cent. of which is equal to the weekly rate prescribed under section 166(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act that is in force".
Amendment of regulation 4 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations
18.
- (1) Regulation 4 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (aggregation of specified payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (1) the words "other than one to which regulation 5(2) applies" shall be omitted.
(3) Paragraph (2) shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations
19.
For regulation 5 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (the specified period) there shall be substituted the following regulation -
Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations
20.
- (1) Regulation 6 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (determination of average weekly amount of specified payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph -
(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph -
The Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations are amended as follows -
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations are amended as follows -
The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations are amended as follows -
The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations are amended as follows -
An assessment of the costs to business of the proposals for these Regulations was made under the Employment Act 2002. Copies of this assessment are available from the House of Commons and House of Lords Libraries. Copies can be obtained by post from The Department for Trade and Industry, Employment Relations Directorate, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET.
[2] 1992 c. 5; section 132(1) was amended by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), Schedule 1, paragraph 50 and section 88 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999; section 189(1) was amended by the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), Schedule 7, paragraph 109 and by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999, Schedule 3, paragraph 57(2); section 191 is cited for the meaning given to the words "prescribe" and "regulations".back
[3] See the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, Schedule 11, paragraph 1A.back
[4] See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b).back
[6] S.I. 1987/416; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/1367 and 1997/793.back
[8] S.I. 1986/1960; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/532, 1990/622, 1994/1367, 1995/829, 2000/2883 and 2002/668.back
[10] S.I. 1982/894; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1987/868 and 1994/1367.back
[11] Section 166 was substituted by section 19 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22).back
[12] Section 164(9)(b) was amended by paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999.back
[13] Section 171ZD was inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[14] Section 171ZM was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[15] Regulation 21A was inserted by regulation 3 of S.I. 1988/532; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/622 and 1995/829.back
[16] Regulation 25A was inserted by regulation 7 of S.I. 1990/622.back
[17] Section 164(4)(a) was substituted and section 164(9)(ea) was inserted by section 20 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[18] Section 166(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 was substituted by section 19 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[19] Section 30A was inserted by section 1(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 and was amended by sections 64 and 88 of the Welfare and Reform and Pensions Act 1999.back
[20] Section 30C(3) was inserted by section 3(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994.back
[21] Section 171ZP(1) was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[22] Part 12ZB was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[23] Section 171ZD was inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002.back
[24] Section 171ZM was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002.back
Prepared
1 November 2002