Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 330
SOCIAL SECURITY
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
11th March 2025
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2025
Coming into force
6th April 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 167(1) and (2)(b) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and sections 163(1), (2)(b) and (7) and 171(3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2).
These Regulations are made with the concurrence of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(3).
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2025.
Extent
2.—(1) Regulations 1 and 2 extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(2) Regulation 3 extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
(3) Regulation 4 extends to Northern Ireland only.
Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994
3. In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994 (determination of the amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)(4)—
(a)for “6th April 2011” substitute “6th April 2025”; and
(b)for “3.0 per cent.” substitute “8.5 per cent.”.
Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994
4. In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)(5)—
(a)for “6th April 2011” substitute “6th April 2025”; and
(b)for “3.0 per cent.” substitute “8.5 per cent.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Sherlock
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
11th March 2025
The Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs hereby concur
Angela MacDonald
Carol Bristow
Two of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
10th March 2025
1992 c. 4. Section 167 was substituted by section 21(1) of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22). Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). See section 167(4) and (8) respectively for the meaning of “small employer” and “contributions payments” (as the latter term appears in the definition of “small employer”). See section 171(1) for the meaning of “prescribed”.
1992 c. 7. Section 163 was substituted by section 21(2) of the Employment Act 2002. Section 171(10) was substituted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671). See section 163(4) and (9) respectively for the meaning of “small employer” and “contributions payments” (as the latter term appears in the definition of “small employer”). See section 167(1) for the meaning of “prescribed”.
See section 167(7) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 163(8) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992. The functions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue were transferred to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). By virtue of section 50(1) of that Act and section 10 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), the references to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in section 167 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 163 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 are now to be read as references to the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
S.I. 1994/1882. Relevant amendments were made by Schedule 2 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Other relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1995/566, 2003/672 and 2011/725.
S.R. 1994 No. 271. Relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1995 No. 74 and S.I. 2003/672 and 2011/725.