# The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 1987, Regulation 6: Time for compliance with Part V of the 1986 Act and Regulations


Where—
(a) a woman is outside the United Kingdom;
(b) Part V of the 1986 Act or Regulations made under that Act or under Part III of the Social Security Act 1975 require any act to be done forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time; and
(c) because the woman is outside the United Kingdom she or her employer cannot comply with the requirement;
the woman or the employer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have complied with it if the act is performed as soon as reasonably practicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/418/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-1987/regulation-6
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