The Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

The Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 This Order may be cited as the Still-Birth (Definition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1992. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. In Article 2(2) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (interpretation), in the definition of “still-birth”, for the words “twenty-eighth week” there shall be substituted the words “twenty-fourth week”. In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 in section 35(6) (definition of “confinement” for the purpose of maternity allowance), and in section 167(1) (interpretation of Part XII-statutory maternity pay), in the definition of “confinement”, for the words “28 weeks” there shall be substituted the words “24 weeks”. 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) 1976 NI 14 1992 c. 7