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Maternity and adoptive benefit — amendment to contribution conditions.
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9.—The Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by substituting the following for paragraph (b) of section 38 (as amended by section 20 of the Act of 2001):
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“(b) in the case of a person in insurable self-employment—
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(i) that the claimant has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 52 contribution weeks in the last complete contribution year or in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant day occurs, or in a subsequent complete contribution year before the relevant day, or
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(ii) where the claimant was previously an employed contributor, that she satisfies the contribution conditions in paragraph (a)(i) or that she has employment contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks in the 12 months immediately preceding the relevant day.”,
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and
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(b) by substituting the following for paragraph (b) of section 41H(1) (as amended by section 20 of the Act of 2001):
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“(b) in the case of a person in insurable self-employment—
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(i) that the claimant has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 52 contribution weeks in the last complete contribution year or in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant day occurs, or in a subsequent complete contribution year before the relevant day, or
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(ii) where the claimant was previously an employed contributor, that he or she satisfies the contribution conditions in paragraph (a)(i) or that he or she has employment contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks in the 12 months immediately preceding the relevant day.”.
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