Regulation 7B Days to be disregardedF1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

For the purposes of section 129(2B)(c) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (days to be disregarded in determining a period of training for work) there shall be disregarded any day on which the claimant was—

(a)

on holiday;

(b)

attending court as a justice of the peace, a party to any proceedings, a witness or a juror;

(c)

suffering from some disease or bodily or mental disablement as a result of which he was unable to attend training for work, or his attendance would have put at risk the health of other persons;

(d)

unable to participate in training for work because—

(i)

he was looking after a child because the person who usually looked after that child was unable to do so;

(ii)

he was looking after a member of his family who was ill;

(iii)

he was required to deal with some domestic emergency; or

(iv)

he was arranging or attending the funeral of his partner or a relative; or

(e)

authorised by the training provider to be absent from training for work.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d)(iv), “relative" means close relative, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 7A, 7B inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/482), regs. 1(1)(b), 2