The prescribed condition as to presence in Great Britain to be satisfied by a woman for the purposes of section 21(1), where a claim for maternity grant is made after confinement and the date of confinement is on or after 4th July 1982, shall be that she must have been present in Great Britain for a period of, or periods amounting in aggregate to, more than 182 days in the 52 weeks immediately preceding the date of confinement.

Any qualifying period or periods may be included as part of the total of more than 182 days referred to in paragraph (1).