SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 . Amendment of regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in the definition of “week” after the words “except that” there shall be inserted the words “for the purposes of regulation 38(7) it has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 38(8), and”. Amendment of regulation 37 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 37 of the principal Regulations (reallocation of contributions for benefit purposes) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 At the beginning of that regulation there shall be inserted the paragraph number “(1)”. 3 At the end of that regulation there shall be added the following paragraph— 2 Where— a an employed earner’s employment commences in one year; and b the first payment of earnings in respect of that employment is made in the following year; and c earnings in respect of that employment which fall to be paid in that later year are paid at regular intervals, the contributions paid in respect of the first payment of earnings shall shall, on the application of the employed earner to the Secretary of State, be treated, for the purposes of entitlement to benefit, as paid in respect of the year in which the employment commenced. . Amendment of regulation 38 of the principal Regulations 4 1 Regulation 38 of the principal Regulations (treatment of late paid contributions for the purpose of contributory benefits) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (2)(b) for the words “paragraphs (5) and (6)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (5), (6) and (7)”. 3 In paragraph (5) for the word “Notwithstanding” at the beginning of that paragraph there shall be substituted the words “Except where the provisions of paragraph (7) of this regulation apply and notwithstanding”. 4 For paragraph (7) (treatment of late paid contributions for the purpose of entitlement to maternity allowance) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 7 For the purpose of entitlement to maternity allowance, any such contribution as is specified in paragraph (1) of this regulation which is paid within the time specified in paragraph (2)(b) of this regulation shall, for the purpose of determining whether the contribution condition for such allowance is satisfied, be treated as follows— a where the period for maternity allowance in relation to the claimant would begin 6 weeks or more before the expected week of confinement— i a contribution paid before the beginning of that period, shall be treated as paid on the due date, and ii a contribution paid after the beginning of that period, shall be treated as not paid; and b where the period for maternity allowance in relation to the claimant would begin less than 6 weeks before the expected week of confinement— i a contribution paid before the beginning of the 6th week before the expected week of confinement, shall be treated as paid on the due date, and ii a contribution paid after the beginning of the 6th week before the expected week of confinement, shall be treated as not paid. 8 In paragraph (7)(a) and (b) of this regulation— “the period for maternity allowance” in relation to a claimant means the period which would be the maternity allowance period in relation to that claimant if the contribution condition for such allowance were satisfied; “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with Sunday. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Henley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 10th March 1992