# The Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994.
(2) These Regulations, except regulation 5, shall have effect in any case where the expected week of confinement begins on or after 16th October 1994.
(3) Regulation 5 shall have effect in relation to payments of statutory maternity pay due on or after 4th September 1994.
(4) In this regulation “week” has the same meaning as in Part XII of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
(5) In these Regulations “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1230/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-and-statutory-maternity-pay-regulations-1994/regulation-1
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