Amendment of regulation 2 of the Family Credit Regulations25
In regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations (interpretation)—
a
after the definition of “lower rate” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“maternity leave” means a period during which a woman is absent from work because she is pregnant or has given birth to a child, and at the end of which she has a right to return to work either under the terms of her contract of employment or under Part III of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 197842;
b
after the definition of “payment” there shall be inserted the following definition—
“personal pension scheme” has the same meaning as in section 84(1) of the Act and, in the case of a self-employed earner, includes a scheme approved by the Inland Revenue under Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 198843;