Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021

Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision for payments to or in respect of Ministers and holders of Opposition offices on maternity leave.
Citation2021 c. 5
Introduced byPenny Mordaunt, Paymaster General (Commons)
Lord True, Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (Lords)
Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent1 March 2021
Commencement1 March 2021
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021 (c. 5) is an act of Parliament that allows ministers and paid opposition figures to take up to six months maternity leave at full pay.