# The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991, Regulation 7B: Days to be disregarded

Extent: E+W+S

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2887/regulation/7B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-general-regulations-1991/regulation-7B
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