The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987
These regulations provide for statutory maternity pay (under Part VI of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (“the Order”)), in relation to persons abroad and women who work as mariners. They correspond to provision contained in regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Services in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 10(2) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30) are not subject to the requirement of section 10(1) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.