Social Security
(Amendment of Law No. 8) (Jersey)
Regulations 2014
Made 18th July 2014
Coming into force 1st
January 2015
THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 50(1)(d) and (4)
of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[1], have made the following
Regulations –
1 Article 22 amended
In Article 22 of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974[2] –
(a) in paragraph (1) the words “(In this Article
referred to as the “expected week of confinement)” shall be deleted;
(b) in paragraph (2) for the words “and not later
than 6 weeks before the expected week of confinement.” there shall
be substituted the words “before the expected date of confinement and not
later than the date of confinement.”;
(c) in paragraph (6) –
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the
following paragraph –
“(a) extending the maternity
allowance period, by not more than 8 weeks, in cases where the maternity
allowance period has commenced before the expected date of confinement but
confinement has not occurred by the end of the week following the expected date
of confinement;”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) for the word
“week” there shall be substituted the word “date”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) –
(A) for
the words “disqualifying a woman for receiving” there shall be
substituted the words “disqualifying a woman from receiving”,
(B) in
clause (i) there shall be deleted the word
“any” and after the words “self-employed person” there
shall be inserted the words “in excess of such amount of time, or during
such period, as may be prescribed”.
2 Citation
and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment of
Law No. 8) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 and shall come into force on 1st
January 2015.
l.-m. hart
Deputy Greffier of the States