Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 47A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

immediately before paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(za)

where a linked period commenced before 7th October 1996 and is still current on 1st December 1997, any days of unemployment which form part of a period of interruption of employment where the last day of unemployment in that period of interruption of employment was no more than 8 weeks before the date upon which that linked period commenced;”;

at the end, there shall be added “and, for the purposes of paragraph (za), a day shall be treated as being, or not being, a day of unemployment in accordance with section 25A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f2 and with any regulations made under that section, as in operation on 6th October 1996”.