# The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, Regulation 8: Persons abroad — maternity pay period not commencing or ending


(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/171/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-8
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