{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/7",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the contribution condition for a maternity allowance is—\n(a) that the claimant must, in respect of at least 26 weeks in the 66 weeks immediately preceding the expected week of confinement, have actually paid contributions of a relevant class; and\n(b) in the case of Class 1 contributions, that they were not secondary contributions and were paid otherwise than at the reduced rate.\n(2) In the case of a claimant who is or has been paid otherwise than weekly, any week—\n(a) in respect of which she did not pay contributions of a relevant class; but\n(b) for which her earnings were such that, had she been paid weekly, she would have been required to pay primary Class 1 contributions in respect of that week; and\n(c) for which no such election as is mentioned in section 19(4)(a) above was in force in her case,\nshall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above as a week in respect of which she actually paid such contributions otherwise than at a reduced rate.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, the amount of the claimant’s earnings for any week shall be determined in accordance with regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 repealed (2.4.2000 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 76, Sch. 10 Pt. V; S.R. 1999/494, art. 2(1)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1)(a) substituted (with effect in any case where the expected week of confinement begins on or after 16.10.1994) by S.R. 1994/176, regs. 1(2), 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2007/2",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2007/2",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:23.179265+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}