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3(1)The contribution conditions for a maternity allowance are that—
(a)not less than fifty contributions of the appropriate class or their equivalent have been paid by or credited to the claimant in respect of the fifty-two weeks immediately preceding the thirteenth week before the expected week of confinement (as defined for the purposes of section 24 of this Act); and
(b)of those contributions not less than twenty-six are contributions of the appropriate class actually, paid.
(2)For the purposes of this paragraph a woman shall not be credited with contributions by virtue of regulations made under section 102 of this Act.
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