http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1335/signature/madeThe Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1996Maternity payBenefitsLegislationPayRegulation and deregulationKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-05-26TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTThese Regulations amend the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 (“the principal Regulations”).Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.Oliver HealdParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security16th May 1996