{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/still-birth-definition-act-1992/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/still-birth-definition-act-1992/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/29",
  "legislation_title": "Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/still-birth-definition-act-1992",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “confinement” for certain social security purposes.",
  "text": "(1) In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (in this section referred to as “the 1992 Act”)—\n(a) in subsection (6) of section 35 (definition of “confinement” for the purpose of maternity allowance), and\n(b) in section 171(1) (interpretation of Part XII - statutory maternity pay), in the definition of “confinement”,\nfor the words “28 weeks” there shall be substituted “ 24 weeks ”.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/29/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:53.804920+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}