SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force— a except for the purposes of regulations 3, 4(b), 5(b), 10(2), 14(b) and 16, on 24th November 2002; b for the purposes of regulation 3, on 6th April 2003; c for the purposes of regulations 4(b), 5(b), 10(2), 14(b) and 16 on the date on which Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Employment Act 2002 comes into force. 2 These Regulations, (except for regulations 3,5,6,10,14 and 16), shall take effect only in respect of those women whose expected week of confinement commences on or after 6th April 2003. 3 In these Regulations— “the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations ” means the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994 ; “the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations ” means the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations 1987 ; “the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations ” means the Social Security (Maternity Allowance)(Earnings) Regulations 2000 ; “the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations ” means the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 ; “the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations ” means the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 1991 ; “the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations ” means the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 2 1 Regulation 2 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (the Maternity Pay Period) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 Subject to paragraphs (3) to (6), where a woman gives notice to her employer of the date from which she expects his liability to pay her statutory maternity pay to begin and in conformity with that notice ceases to work for him in a week which is later than the 12th week before the expected week of confinement, then the first week in the maternity pay period shall be the week following the week in which she ceased to work, or the week immediately following the week in which she is confined, whichever is the earlier. . 3 In paragraph (2) for the words “18 consecutive weeks” there shall be substituted the words “26 consecutive weeks”. 4 In paragraph (3) for the words “shall be the week after the week in which she is confined” there shall be substituted the words “shall be the week commencing on the day after the day on which she is confined”. 5 For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 4 Subject to paragraph (6) where a woman is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy or confinement on any day which falls on or after the beginning of the 4th week before the expected week of confinement, but not later than the week immediately following the week in which she is confined, the first week of the maternity pay period shall be the week beginning on the day following the day on which she is so absent. . 6 Paragraph (5) shall be omitted. 7 For paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 6 In a case where a woman leaves her employment at any time falling after the beginning of the 11th week before the expected week of confinement and before the start of the maternity pay period but not later than the week immediately following the week in which she is confined, the first week of the maternity pay period shall be the week after the week in which her employment ends. . 8 After paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph— 7 “week” for the purposes of a maternity pay period which falls within paragraphs (3) or (4) above means a period of 7 consecutive days. . Substitution of regulation 6 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 3 For regulation 6 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (lower rate of statutory maternity pay) there shall be substituted the following regulation— Prescribed rate of statutory maternity pay 6 The rate of statutory maternity pay prescribed under section 166(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act is a weekly rate of £100.00. . Amendment of regulation 11(1) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 4 In regulation 11(1) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (continuous employment)— a in sub-paragraph (d) after the words “pregnancy or confinement,” there shall be added the word “or”; b after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— e absent from work in consequence of taking paternity leave, adoption leave or parental leave under Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, . Amendment of regulation 20(4) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 5 In regulation 20(4) of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (meaning of “earnings”)— a for the words “section 50(3) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 171(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act”; b after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs— e any sum payable by way of statutory maternity pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 164(9)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act ; f any sum payable by way of statutory paternity pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZD(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act ; g any sum payable by way of statutory adoption pay, including sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZM(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act . . Revocation of regulation 21A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 6 Regulation 21A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (effect of statutory maternity pay on incapacity benefit) is hereby revoked. Amendment of regulation 23 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 7 1 Regulation 23 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (notice of absence from work) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1)— a in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “that her absence from work with him is wholly because of her confinement” there shall be substituted the words “of the date on which she was confined”; b in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “21 days” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”. 3 In paragraph (2)— a in sub-paragraph (a) the words “wholly or partly because of pregnancy or confinement” shall be omitted; b in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “21 days” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”. 4 For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 4 Subject to paragraph (5), section 164(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (statutory maternity pay-entitlement and liability to pay) shall not have effect in the case of a woman who leaves her employment with the person who will be liable to pay her statutory maternity pay after the beginning of the week immediately preceding the 14th week before the expected week of confinement. . Amendment of regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 8 1 Regulation 25A of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (provision of information relating to claims for certain other benefits) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) for the words “section 46(4) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 164(4)(a) or (9)(ea) of the Contributions and Benefits Act ”. 3 In paragraph (3)— a the word “either” shall be omitted; b the words “or for part of a week within the maternity pay period she was not present in a member State,” shall be omitted. 4 In the paragraph (4)(b)— a in head (i) for the words “21 days” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”; b in head (ii) the words “or, as the case may be, absence from a member State” shall be omitted. Amendment of regulation 28 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 9 In regulation 28 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (rounding to avoid fractional amounts) for the words “at the higher rate specified in section 48(2) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “at the earnings-related rate referred to in section 166(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act ”. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 10 1 In the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations, after regulation 7 (days of statutory sick pay to be included in days of entitlement to incapacity benefit) there shall be inserted the following regulations— Effect of statutory maternity pay on incapacity benefit 7A 1 For the purpose of determining a woman’s entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act , a day which falls within the maternity pay period shall, notwithstanding paragraph 1 of Schedule 13 to that Act, be treated as a day of incapacity for work for the purpose of determining whether it forms part of a period of incapacity for work where— a on that day she was incapable of work; and b that day is not treated under section 30C(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as a day which is not a day of incapacity for work; and c the day immediately preceding the first day in the maternity pay period falls within either a period of incapacity for work or a period of entitlement to statutory sick pay for the purposes of Part 11 of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and d the woman either satisfied the contribution conditions specified for short-term incapacity benefit on the first day of incapacity for work to fall within that period of incapacity for work or would have satisfied those conditions had a claim for short-term incapacity benefit been made on the first or any subsequent day of incapacity for work falling within that period of entitlement. 2 Any day which, by virtue of paragraph (1), forms part of a period of incapacity for work shall be further treated, for the purpose of determining entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, as being a day on which the woman has been entitled to short-term incapacity benefit. 3 For the purposes of this regulation “period of incapacity for work” has the same meaning as in section 30C(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act. 4 Where by virtue of paragraph (1) a woman is entitled to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit for any week (including part of a week) the total amount of such benefit (including any increase for a dependant) payable to her for that week shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any statutory maternity pay to which she is entitled in accordance with Part 12 of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the same week and only the balance, if any, of the short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit shall be payable to her. . 2 After that regulation there shall be inserted the following regulation— Effect of statutory adoption pay on incapacity benefit 7B 1 For the purpose of determining a person’s entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, a day which falls within the adoption pay period shall, notwithstanding section 171ZP(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act , be treated as a day of incapacity for work for the purpose of determining whether it forms part of a period of incapacity for work where— a on that day he was incapable of work; and b that day is not treated under section 30C(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as a day which is not a day of incapacity for work; and c the day immediately preceding the first day in the adoption pay period falls within either a period of incapacity for work or a period of entitlement to statutory sick pay for the purposes of Part 11 of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and d the person either satisfied the contribution conditions specified for short-term incapacity benefit on the first day of incapacity for work to fall within that period of incapacity for work or would have satisfied those conditions had a claim for short-term incapacity benefit been made on the first or any subsequent day of incapacity for work falling within that period of entitlement. 2 Any day which, by virtue of paragraph (1), forms part of a period of incapacity for work shall be further treated, for the purpose of determining entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit under section 30A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, as being a day on which the person has been entitled to short-term incapacity benefit. 3 For the purposes of this regulation “period of incapacity for work” has the same meaning as in section 30C(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act. 4 Where by virtue of paragraph (1) a person is entitled to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit for any week (including part of a week) the total amount of such benefit (including any increase for a dependant) payable to him for that week shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any statutory adoption pay to which he is entitled in accordance with Part 12ZB of the Contributions and Benefits Act for the same week and only the balance, if any, of the short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate or long-term incapacity benefit shall be payable to him. . Amendment of regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 11 In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations (notification of election) for the words “21 days ” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”. Amendment of regulation 4 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations 12 In regulation 4 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (National Health Service Employees) Regulations (provision of information) for the words “21 days” there shall be substituted the words “28 days”. Amendment of regulation 3 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 13 1 Regulation 3 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (period of entitlement ending or not arising) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (4)(b) for the words “6th week” there shall be substituted the words “4th week”. 3 In paragraph (5)(b) for the words “6th week” there shall be substituted the words “4th week”. Amendment of regulation 17(3) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 14 In regulation 17(3) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (meaning of “earnings”)— a for the words “section 26(2)” there shall be substituted the words “section 163(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act”; b after sub-paragraph (h) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs— i any sum payable by way of statutory paternity pay, including any sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZD(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act ; j any sum payable by way of statutory adoption pay, including any sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZM(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act . . Amendment of regulation 3 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations 15 1 Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) Regulations (modification of the maternity allowance period) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) for the words “Section 22(2) of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “Section 35(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”. 3 Paragraph (2) shall be omitted. 4 In paragraph (2A) for the words “18 weeks” there shall be substituted the words “26 weeks”. Amendment of regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 16 In regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (specified payments for employed earners), after sub-paragraph (e), there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs— f any sum payable by way of statutory paternity pay, including any sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZD(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; g any sum payable by way of statutory adoption pay, including any sums payable in accordance with regulations made under section 171ZM(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act. . Amendment of regulation 3(a) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 17 In regulation 3(a) of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (specified payments for self-employed earners) for the words “the lower earnings limit in force” there shall be substituted the words “an amount 90 per cent. of which is equal to the weekly rate prescribed under section 166(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act that is in force”. Amendment of regulation 4 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 18 1 Regulation 4 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (aggregation of specified payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) the words “other than one to which regulation 5(2) applies” shall be omitted. 3 Paragraph (2) shall be omitted. Amendment of regulation 5 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 19 For regulation 5 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (the specified period) there shall be substituted the following regulation— The specified period 5 For the purpose of section 35A(4) and (5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act the specified period shall be the test period. . Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 20 1 Regulation 6 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (determination of average weekly amount of specified payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 For the purpose of section 35A(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act a woman’s average weekly amount of specified payments shall, subject to paragraph (2) be determined by dividing by 13 the payments made, or treated in accordance with these Regulations as made, to her or for her benefit, in the 13 weeks (whether consecutive or not) falling within the specified period in which such payments are greatest. . 3 After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 Where a woman is normally paid other than weekly, the payments made or treated as made to her or for her benefit for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be calculated by dividing the payments made to her in any week by the nearest whole number of weeks in the period in respect of which she is paid. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 29th October 2002 The Treasury hereby concur. Nick Ainger Philip Woolas Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th October 2002