The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) and Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 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 (Northern Ireland) 1982 or of the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 is guilty of an offence. The penalty for such an offence is set out in section 107(3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the Administration Act”).