Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance (Transitional) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force in the case of regulations 1 and 4 on 5th April 1987 and in the case of regulations 2 and 3 on 6th April 1987.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1975 Act” means the Social Security Act 1975^f1;

• “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978^f2;

• “the 1986 Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;

• “employee” has the same meaning as in the 1978 Act;

• “confinement” has the same meaning as in section 50(1) of the 1986 Act;

• “maternity pay” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the 1978 Act, as continued in force from 6th April 1987 by regulation 2(1);

• “Maternity Pay Fund” means the Fund referred to in section 37 of the 1978 Act, as continued in force from 6th April 1987 by regulation 2(3).

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.