# Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Regulation 9: Amendments to the Principal Regulations


For regulation 9 substitute–
“Application of terms and conditions during ordinary maternity leave
9 (1) An employee who takes ordinary maternity leave–
(a) is entitled, during the period of leave, to the benefit of all of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if she had not been absent, and
(b) is bound, during that period, by any obligations arising under those terms and conditions, subject only to the exception in Article 103(4)(b) of the 1996 Order.
(2) In paragraph (1)(a), “terms and conditions” has the meaning given by Article 103(5) of the 1996 Order, and accordingly does not include terms and conditions about remuneration.
(3) For the purposes of Article 103(4)(b) of the 1996 Order, only sums payable to an employee by way of wages or salary are to be treated as remuneration.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/355/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-9
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