The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

Amendment of the principal Regulations

4.—(1) Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (special provision for certain persons who have been employed abroad) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2)–

(a) for the words from “Where a woman has paid” to “at the reduced rate either” there shall be substituted the words “Where a woman has paid, or is treated as having actually paid, Class 1 contributions under the Act either”;

(b) for the words from “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and for any such week, and for any weeks following the period of that liability and before the date of her return to Northern Ireland so far as those weeks are relevant to her claim for a maternity allowance, as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4)(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.

(3) In paragraph (3)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) the words “, otherwise than at the reduced rate,” shall be omitted;

(b) for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions for each week of her absence” there shall be substituted the words “and for each week of her absence as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.

(4) In paragraph (4)(2)–

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) the words “, otherwise than at the reduced rate,” shall be omitted;

(b) for the words “and in which she actually paid Class 1 contributions” there shall be substituted the words “and in each week of which she received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.

(5) In paragraph (6) for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions” there shall be substituted the words “and as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of each of those weeks”.

(1)

Section 35A was inserted by Article 50(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)).

(2)

Amended by S.R. 1994 No. 191, regulation 4.