# Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, Paragraph 2


(1) Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a day which falls within the ma ternity pay period shall be treated as a day of incapacity for work for the purpose of determin ing entitlement to the higher rate of short-term incapacity benefit or to long-term incapacity benefit.
(2) Regulations may provide that an amount equal to a woman’s statutory maternity pay for a period shall be deducted from any such benefit in respect of the same period and a woman shall be entitled to such benefit only if there is a balance after the deduction and, if there is such a balance, at a weekly rate equal to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/schedule/13/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/schedule-13/paragraph-2
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