The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) and Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
These Regulations provide that any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with certain provisions of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 and the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 is guilty of an offence. The penalty for such an offence is set out in section 113(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.