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68.—(1) The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 35 (state maternity allowance)—
(a)in subsection (1), after paragraph (d) insert—
“and
(e)at the commencement of the week referred to in paragraph (a) above she was entitled to engage in the employment referred to in paragraph (b) above.”;
(b)in subsection (3), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)for circumstances in which subsection (1)(e) above does not apply;”.
(3) In section 160 (statutory maternity pay)—
(a)in subsection (2), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)that at the end of the week immediately preceding that 14th week she was entitled to be in that employment;”;
(b)in subsection (9), after paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)provide for circumstances in which subsection (2)(aa) above does not apply;”.
(4) In section 167ZA (statutory paternity pay: birth)—
(a)in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)that at the end of the relevant week he was entitled to be in that employment;”;
(b)after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Regulations may provide for circumstances in which subsection (2)(ba) above does not apply.”
(5) In section 167ZB (statutory paternity pay: adoption)—
(a)in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)that at the end of the relevant week he was entitled to be in that employment;”;
(b)after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Regulations may provide for circumstances in which subsection (2)(ba) above does not apply.”
(6) In section 167ZL (statutory adoption pay: entitlement)—
(a)in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)that at the end of the relevant week he was entitled to be in that employment;”;
(b)in subsection (3), after “(2)(b)” insert “, (ba)”;
(c)in subsection (8), before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)exclude the application of subsection (2)(ba) above in prescribed circumstances;”.
(7) After section 169 (age) insert—
169A. For the purposes of this Act a person is entitled to engage in or to be in any employment if (and only if)—
(a)the person does not under the Immigration Act 1971 require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the person has been granted such leave and—
(i)the leave is not invalid,
(ii)the leave has not for any reason ceased to have effect, and
(iii)the leave is not subject to a condition preventing the person from accepting that employment.”
(8) In Schedule 11 (statutory sick pay: circumstances in which periods of entitlement do not arise)—
(a)in paragraph 2, after sub-paragraph (h) insert—
“(i)the employee is not entitled to be in his employment on the relevant date.”;
(b)after paragraph 8 insert—
“9. Paragraph 2(i) above does not apply in prescribed circumstances.”
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