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Rate of benefit.
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[1992, s. 19(1)]
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39.—(1) Subject to this Act, the weekly rate of maternity benefit shall be an amount equal to—
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(a) 70 per cent. of the reckonable weekly earnings of the woman to whom the benefit is payable in the income tax year prescribed for the purposes of this section, or
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(b) such amount as shall be prescribed,
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whichever is the greater.
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[1992, s. 19(1)]
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(2) The percentage specified in subsection (1)(a) may be varied by regulations having regard to—
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(a) movements in the annual average earnings of women, and
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(b) the imposition or variation of statutory deductions from or charges on earnings.
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[1993, s. 8(2)]
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(3) In this section “reckonable weekly earnings” means the average amount, calculated in accordance with regulations, of reckonable earnings and such other income as may be prescribed, received in a week up to such limit as may be prescribed.
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