Paragraph 9 The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 17 (meaning of “employee”)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

at the beginning insert the words “Subject to paragraph (1A),”; and

(ii)

omit the words “over the age of 16”; and

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)
Any woman under the age of 16 who would have been treated as an employed earner or, as the case may be, would have been treated otherwise than as an employed earner by virtue of the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 had she been aged 16 or over, shall be treated as if she is aged 16 or over for the purposes of paragraph (1).”.

(3)

In regulation 20(2) (meaning of “earnings”)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert “(or would have been so excluded had she not been under the age of 16)”; and

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b) insert “(or where such a payment or amount would have been so excluded and in consequence she would not have been entitled to statutory maternity pay had she not been under the age of 16)”.

(4)

Sub-paragraph (3) applies in relation to any case where the expected week of confinement begins on or after 14th January 2007.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 7 para. 9 in operation at 1.10.2006 in so far as not already in operation, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 30; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 117