SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1LEAVE AND PAY RELATED TO BIRTH OR ADOPTION: FURTHER AMENDMENTS

The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)

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In section 35 (state maternity allowance), in subsection (3)(a) (power by regulations to prescribe cases in which a woman is disqualified from receiving a maternity allowance), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

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during the maternity allowance period, except in prescribed cases, she does any work in employment as an employed or self-employed earner;

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during the maternity allowance period she fails without good cause to observe any prescribed rules of behaviour; or