Regulation 8 Persons abroad — maternity pay period not commencing or ending

Subject to paragraph (2), a maternity pay period shall not commence in any week during any part of which the woman is not present in a member State and, if already commenced, shall end in any such week.

This regulation shall not apply in the case of a woman who by virtue of her employment as a mariner, within the meaning of regulation 7(1), is not present in any member State.

A woman shall be treated for the purpose of this regulation as present in a member State while she is in transit between two such States.