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


In regulation 21 of the principal Regulations (normal weekly earnings)—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs (2) to (6)” there shall be substituted “the following provisions of this regulation”;
(b) after paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(7) In a 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/nisr/1996/206/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2
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