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Regulation 156 Interpretation

In this Chapter—

  • “fishing boat" means a fishing vessel as defined by section 313 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 F1;

  • “share fisherman" means any person who–

    1. (a)

      is ordinarily employed in the fishing industry otherwise than under a contract of service, as a master or member of the crew of any fishing boat manned by more than one person, and is remunerated in respect of that employment in whole or in part by a share of the profits or gross earnings of the fishing boat; or

    2. (b)

      has ordinarily been so employed, but who by reason of age or infirmity permanently ceases to be so employed and becomes ordinarily engaged in employment ashore in Great Britain, otherwise than under a contract of service, making or mending any gear appurtenant to a fishing boat or performing other services ancillary to or in connection with that boat and is remunerated in respect of that employment in whole or in part by a share of the profits or gross earnings of that boat and has not ceased to be ordinarily engaged in such employment;

    and other expressions used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as in the Social Security (Mariners’ Benefits) Regulations 1975 F2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1995 c.21.

F2

S.I. 1975/529.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

1995 c.18.

F2

Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".

F3

1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".

F4

1992 c.4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".

F5

See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).