Paragraph 3 Modification of The Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979

The agreement contained in the Schedule to the Social Security (Portugal) Order 1979 shall be amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (1) of Article 11:–

“(1A)

where a woman is confined on or after 4 July 1982 in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man (other than a woman who is treated as having been confined there by virtue of Article 12(1)), periods during which she was present in the territory of Portugal shall be treated for the purpose of a claim by her for maternity grant under the legislation of the Party in whose territory the confinement occurred as if they were periods during which she was present in that territory.”