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Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1996.

Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations

2.  In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) (amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)—

(a)for “6th April 1995” there shall be substituted “6th April 1996”;

(b)for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “5·5 per cent.”.

Revocation

3.  Regulation 2(b) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) is hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on

L.S.

W. G. Purdy

Assistant Secretary

7th March 1996.