# The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986, Regulation 9: No liability to pay statutory maternity pay


Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46(1) of the 1986 Act, no liability to make payments of statutory maternity pay to a woman shall arise in respect of a week within the maternity pay period for any part of which she is detained in legal custody or sentenced to a term of imprisonment (except where the sentence is suspended), or of any subsequent week within that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1960/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-regulations-1986/regulation-9
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