Regulation 10 Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 20(2)^f2 for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

excluded 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; or”.

In regulation 20(4)^f3 before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)

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

In regulation 21B(b)^f4 for the words from “receiving” to the end substitute—

“—

(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),”.