Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024
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Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 | ||
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6. Section 47 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): | ||
“(7A) Regulations may provide for the postponement of the payment of maternity benefit in the event of the person who is entitled to that benefit having a serious health condition within the meaning of section 14C of the Maternity Protection Act 1994 , subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that may be prescribed.”. |