# The Statutory Maternity Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1987, Regulation 2: Evidence of pregnancy and confinement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The evidence as to pregnancy and the expected date of confinement which a woman is required to provide to a person who is liable to pay her statutory maternity pay shall be furnished in the form of a maternity certificate given by a doctor or by a registered midwife, not earlier than the beginning of the 20th week before the expected week of confinement, in accordance with the rules set out in Part I of the Schedule to these regulations—
(a) in the appropriate form as set out in Part II of that Schedule, or
(b) in a form substantially to the like effect with such variations as the circumstances may require.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/235/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1987/regulation-2
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