Commencement and duration of payment of allowance

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to other provisions in these Regulations, maternity allowance shall be payable to an insured woman for a period starting from a date not earlier than seven weeks before the expected date of confinement and continuing until the expiration of– (a) fourteen weeks; or (b) seven weeks from the date on which the confinement occurs, whichever is the later: Provided that where the confinement does not occur by the end of the period of seven weeks in respect of which the allowance has been paid, the beneficiary shall present to the Manager a certificate by a medical practitioner in such form as the Manager may require specifying the expected date of (2) Where the Manager is not satisfied that the first expected date of confinement required under Regulation 13 was given with due care and attention he may suspend the payment of the allowance in respect of the whole period, or part of it, between the end of the period of seven weeks specified in paragraph (1) and the actual date of confinement. (3) A woman who has become entitled to a maternity allowance shall cease to be so entitled if her pregnancy is terminated otherwise than by confinement.