The Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 No. 1310 (NI. 10)

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 1310 (N.I. 10)

The Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

4th June 1992

Title and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1992.

Interpretation N.I.

2.  The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

F1 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

Meaning of “still-birth” N.I.

3.  In Article 2(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976F2 (interpretation), in the definition of “still-birth”, for the words “twenty-eighth week” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-fourth week”.

F2 1976 NI 14

Meaning of “confinement” for certain social security purposes N.I.

4.  In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992F3

(a) in section 35(6) (definition of “confinement” for the purpose of maternity allowance), and

(b) in section 167(1) (interpretation of Part XII-statutory maternity pay), in the definition of “confinement”,

for the words “28 weeks” there shall be substituted the words “24 weeks”.

F3 1992 c. 7