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Regulation 9 Amendment of regulation 38 of the principal Regulations

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In regulation 38 of the principal Regulations (treatment for purpose of contributory benefit of late paid contributions under the Act)—

(a)

in paragraph (4) the words“or, in the case of entitlement to death grant, the death which gave rise to the claim for that grant,” shall be omitted;

(b)

in paragraph (6) for the words“unemployment benefit, sickness benefit or maternity allowance” there shall be substituted the words“unemployment benefit or sickness benefit”;

(c)

after paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(7)

For the purpose of entitlement to maternity allowance, any such contribution as is specified in the said paragraph (1) shall, for the purpose of determining whether the contribution condition for such allowance is satisfied, be treated—

(a)

if paid before the beginning of the period for which a maternity allowance is payable—as paid on the due date;

(b)

if paid after the beginning of the period for which a maternity allowance is payable—as not paid.”.