The Health and Personal Social Services(Northern Ireland) Order 1991

The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 18)

• In Article 51 (interpretation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

  “(2A) Where, in consequence of the establishment of one or more Health and Social Services trusts under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, a woman’s contract of employment is treated by a scheme under that Order as divided so as to constitute two or more contracts, regulations may make provision enabling her to elect for all of those contracts to be treated as one contract for the purposes of this Part or of such provisions of this Part as may be prescribed; and any such regulations may prescribe—

  (a) the conditions that must be satisfied if a woman is to be entitled to make such an election;

  (b) the manner in which, and the time within which, such an election is to be made;

  (c) the persons to whom, and the manner in which, notice of such an election is to be given;

  (d) the information which a woman who makes such an election is to provide, and the persons to whom, and the time within which, she is to provide it;

  (e) the time for which such an election is to have effect;

  (f) which one of the woman’s employers under the two or more contracts is to be regarded for the purposes of statutory maternity pay as her employer under the one contract; and the powers conferred by this paragraph are without prejudice to any other power to make regulations under this Part.”.