[35A Appropriate weekly rate of maternity allowance [under section 35]]
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (1992 c 4) | Legislation

[35A  Appropriate weekly rate of maternity allowance [under section 35]]

[[(1)     For the purposes of section 35(1) above the appropriate weekly rate is (subject to subsection (5A) below) whichever is the lower rate of—

(a)     a weekly rate equivalent to 90 per cent of the woman's average weekly earnings; and

(b)     the weekly rate for the time being prescribed under section 166(1)(b) below.]

(4)     For the purposes of this section a woman's “average weekly earnings” shall be taken to be the average weekly amount (as determined in accordance with regulations) of specified payments which—

(a)     were made to her or for her benefit as an

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