Regulation 11 Amendments to the Family Credit Regulations

Amend regulation 2 of the Family Credit Regulations as follows.

After the definition of “employment zone contractor”^f1 insert the following definition—

• ““extra statutory maternity pay” means a payment or payments made by an employer to an employee during a maternity pay period in order to supplement statutory maternity pay that is paid to that employee for that period;”.

After the definition of “lower rate”^f2 insert the following definition—

• ““maternity allowance” has the meaning given by section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.

After the definition of “sports award”^f3 insert the following definitions—

• ““statutory maternity pay” and “maternity pay period” shall be construed in accordance with Part XII of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.

After the definition of “subsistence allowance”^f4 insert the following definition—

• ““surrogate child” means a child in respect of whom an order has been made under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;”.