(1) In this Chapter -

"confined" and "confinement" have the meanings given to them by section 51;

"relevant period" has the meaning given to it by section 18(6) of the Maternity Protection Act 1994.

(2) Subject to this Act, a woman shall be entitled to health and safety benefit, where -

(a) it is certified by a registered medical practitioner or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Minister that it is to be expected that she will be confined or that she has been confined, as the case may be, in a week specified in the certificate,

(b) it is certified by her employer, in accordance with section 18 (2) of the Maternity Protection Act 1994, that she has been granted leave under section 18 of that Act (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as "health and safety leave"), and

(c) she satisfies the conditions in section 53.

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter -