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Regulation 3 Determination of the amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitledC1

England, Wales and Scotland

In respect of any payment of statutory maternity pay F1made in the tax year commencing 6th F26th April 2026, or in any subsequent tax year, a small employer shall be F3entitled to recover an additional amount being an amount equal to F49 per cent. of such payment, that percentage being the total amount of secondary Class 1 contributions estimated by the Secretary of State as to be paid in respect of statutory maternity pay by all employers in that year, expressed as a percentage of the total amount of statutory maternity pay estimated by him to be paid by all employers in that year.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.1995) by The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/566), regs. 1, 2(a)

F2

Words in reg. 3 substituted (6.4.2026) by The Social Security and Statutory Maternity Pay (Evidence of Pregnancy and Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/201), regs. 1(3), 5(a)

F3

Words in reg. 3 substituted (6.4.2003) by Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/672), regs. 1(1), 3

F4

Words in reg. 3 substituted (6.4.2026) by The Social Security and Statutory Maternity Pay (Evidence of Pregnancy and Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/201), regs. 1(3), 5(b)

Modifications

C1

Reg. 3: transfer of functions (1.4.1999) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), ss. 1(2), 28(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2