Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 342
Social Security
The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Made
23rd February 2015
Laid before Parliament
26th February 2015
Coming into force
6th April 2015
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35A(4) and (5) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.
(2) These Regulations have effect for women with an expected week of confinement beginning on or after 12th July 2015.
Amendment of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 2000
2.The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations 2000( 4 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2) omit the definition of “certificate of small earnings exception”;
(b) in regulation 3 (specified payments for self-employed earners)—
(i) in paragraph (a) omit the words “and she does not hold a certificate of small earnings exception in respect of that week”; and
(ii) in paragraph (b) for the words “,where she holds a certificate of small earnings exception” substitute “if she could have paid but has not paid such a contribution”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Steve Webb
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
23rd February 2015
1992 c. 4 . Section 35A was inserted by section 53(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and was amended by the National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5) , Schedule 1, paragraph 6. Section 175 was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) , Schedule 3, paragraph 29. See section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) for the meaning of “prescribe”.
See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) .
S.I. 2000/688 ; amended by S.I. 2002/2690 , other amending instruments are not relevant.