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Regulation 11 Self-employed persons: start-up periods

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(1)

A self-employed person does not have to meet the condition in regulation 9(1)(b)—

(a)

in the first entitlement period which falls wholly or partly within a start-up period; and

(b)

in the subsequent 3 entitlement periods.

(2)

A “start-up period” is the period of 12 months following the commencement by the self-employed person of any trade, profession or vocation.

(3)

A self-employed person cannot rely on a second or subsequent start-up period (in relation to the commencement by that person of a new trade, profession or vocation) unless 4 calendar years have passed since the end of the previous start-up period.

(4)

In paragraph (3) “the previous start-up period” is the period during which the person did not have to meet the condition in regulation 9(1)(b).