# The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1996, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 21 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 21 (normal weekly earnings) after paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(7) In any case where a woman receives a back-dated pay increase which includes a sum in respect of a relevant period, normal weekly earnings shall be calculated as if such a sum was paid in that relevant period even though received after that period..”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1335/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-2
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