(1) Subject to article 63D, employment contributions shall be credited to an insured person in respect of each contribution week during which he or she avails of additional maternity leave under sections 14 or 16(4) of the Maternity Protection Act, 1994 (No. 34 of 1994) (as amended by the Maternity Protection Act, 1994 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 29 of 2001) or additional adoptive leave under sections 8 or 10 of the Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (No. 2 of 1995) (as amended by the Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order, 2001 (S.I. No. 30 of 2001).

(2) Subject to article 85 of these Regulations and articles 40 and 49 of the Regulations of 1994, an employment contribution credited by virtue of this article to an insured person in respect of whom the last previous contribution was payable was -

(a) a contribution at the rate specified in articles 81(2)(a), 82(2)(a) or 83(2)(a), or

(b) a voluntary contribution at the rate specified in section 22(1)(b)(i),

shall be reckoned only for the purposes of widow's (contributory) pension, widower's (contributory) pension or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension.