Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2000.

(2)

In these Regulations—

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“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
“test period” means the period of 66 weeks specified in section 35(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act^f1.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/211), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in operation at 2.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Section 35(1) was substituted by Article 50(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
f2: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)