Maternity, employment and self employment. Advice needed please

c.redfern

Hi I will be going on maternity at the end if april with my first baby.
I have read somewhere that whilst on maternity from employment and recieiving statutory maternity pay i can work self employed aslong as their is nothing saying i cant in my contract and still get my statutory maternity pay. Can anyone confirm if this is correct? I now cant find any information from official sources such as hmrc so im unsure.

If this is correct how would i stand if whilst on maternity if I handed in my notice at my employed job and starting working self employed? Would i still be able to recieve my statutory maternity pay?

Thanks for any help

c.redfern

Ive just found on hmrc the document maternity benefits:technical guidance
Section 3.12 states:

'If you do any work in a self-employed capacity during your MPP, then such work will not affect your SMP,

Will that cover me?