http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/8/section/13Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19921992-02-13texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-29Expert Participation2026-07-09 Part I Claims for and Payments and General Administration of Benefit Statutory maternity pay Duties of women <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> in relation to statutory maternity pay.131A woman shall provide the person who is liable to pay her statutory maternity pay—awith evidence as to her pregnancy and the expected date of confinement in such form and at such time as may be prescribed; andbwhere she commences work after her confinement but within the maternity pay period, with such additional information as may be prescribed.1AAny regulations for the purposes of subsection (1) above must be made with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue.2Where a woman asks an employer or former employer of hers to provide her with a written statement, in respect of a period before the request is made, of one or more of the following—athe weeks within that period which he regards as weeks in respect of which he is liable to pay statutory maternity pay to the woman;bthe reasons why he does not so regard the other weeks in that period; andchis opinion as to the amount of statutory maternity pay to which the woman is entitled in respect of each of the weeks in respect of which he regards himself as liable to make a payment,the employer or former employer shall, to the extent to which the request was reasonable, comply with it within a reasonable time.S. 13(1A) inserted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 42; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of that S.R.)