7. Maternity benefit.
(1) Section 47 (as amended by section 7 of the Act of 2005) of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) in subsection (4) (a) by substituting "fortieth" for "thirty-second",
and
(b) in subsection (5) -
(i) in paragraph (b) by substituting "26" for "22", and
(ii) in paragraph (c) (ii) -
(I) by substituting "twenty-fourth" for "twentieth" in each place where it occurs, and
(II) by substituting "fortieth" for "thirty-second" in each place where it occurs.
(2) This section comes into operation on 1 March 2007.