25. 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 1978(1);”; and
(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 1988(2);”.
1978 c. 44; section 33 was amended by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 86, Schedule 10, Part IV, paragraph 75, Schedule 11; the Employment Act 1980 (c. 42), sections 11(1) and (2), 20, Schedule 2; the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36), section 23(4), Schedule 7, paragraph 31. Sections 34 to 44 were repealed by the Social Security Act 1986, sections 49(3), 86(2), Schedule 4, Part III, Schedule 11. Section 45 has been amended prospectively by the Social Security 1989 (c. 24), section 23, Schedule 5, Part II, paragraph 15; Schedule 5, paragraph 15 has been repealed prospectively by the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19), section 51, Schedule 10. Section 47 was amended by the Employment Act 1980 (c. 42), section 11(3). Part III of the 1978 Act has been amended prospectively by the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993, sections 23 and 25, Schedules 2 and 3