51. Calculation of daily rate of maternity allowance
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(1) Where, for the purpose of this Part or of regulations under this Act, it is necessary to calculate the daily rate of maternity allowance—
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(a) Sunday or such other day in each week as may be prescribed shall be disregarded; and
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(b) the amount payable by way of that allowance for any other day shall be taken as 1/6 of the weekly rate of the allowance.
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(2) In this Part—
“confinement” means labour resulting in the issue of a living child, or labour after 28 weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead, and “confined” shall be construed accordingly; and
“date of the confinement” refers, where labour began on one day results in the issue of a child on another day, to the date of the issue of the child or last child, if more than one.