2.—(1) The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(3)(2) (evidence of incapacity for work and confinement) after “given by a doctor or by a registered midwife” there shall be inserted “, not earlier than the beginning of the 20th week before the expected week of confinement,”.
(3) In Part II of Schedule 2(3) (form of maternity certificate) for “14 weeks” there shall be substituted “20 weeks”.
S.R. 1976 No. 175; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1987 No. 117 and S.R. 1991 No. 488
Regulation 2(3) was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1987 No. 117
Part II of Schedule 2 was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1991 No. 488