# The Social Security Contributions (Freeports) Regulations 2022, Regulation 4: Pregnancy and maternity

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This regulation applies where—
(a) the earner is pregnant or within a period of maternity,
(b) the employer or the secondary contributor has made adjustments to the earner’s employed time spent in the special tax site because of the pregnancy or because the earner is within a period of maternity, and
(c) the applicable condition in section 2(1)(d) of the Act would be met but for those adjustments.
(2) In this regulation—
(a) because of the pregnancy includes because of illness suffered by the earner as a result of it;
(b) period of maternity means the period of 52 weeks beginning with the day on which the earner gives birth;
(c) the day on which the earner gives birth has the same meaning as the day on which the woman gives birth in section 17(5) of the Equality Act 2010.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/313/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-freeports-regulations-2022/regulation-4
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