The Statutory Maternity Pay, Social Security (Maternity Allowance) and Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations

4.—(1) The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2 (disqualification for the receipt of a maternity allowance), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) during the maternity allowance period she does any work in employment as an employed or self-employed earner, for more than 10 days, whether consecutive or not, falling within that period and the disqualification shall be for such part of the maternity allowance period as may be reasonable in the circumstances, provided that the disqualification shall, in any event, be for the number of days on which she so worked in excess of 10 days;”.

(3) In regulation 3(2A)(2) (modification of the maternity allowance period) for “26 weeks commencing with the week following that in which she stopped work” substitute “39 weeks commencing no earlier than the day she becomes entitled to maternity allowance and no later than the day following the day on which she is confined”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 170; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 191 and S.R. 2002 No. 354

(2)

Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 1994 No. 191 and amended by regulation 5(c) of S.R. 2002 No. 354