Regulation 165 Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations

(1)

Regulation 11 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 F1 (modification of the Act in relation to employment on the Continental Shelf) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“(1A)
Where a claimant would be entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance but for section 1(2)(i) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 F2 (conditions of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance: requirement to be in Great Britain), he shall be entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance notwithstanding his absence from Great Britain if—
(a)
the absence from Great Britain is due to his being or having been in prescribed employment in a designated area; or
(b)
subject to paragraph (2B), he is, in connection with prescribed employment–
(i)
in a prescribed area; or
(ii)
travelling between one prescribed area and another; or
(iii)
travelling between a designated area and a prescribed area; or
(iv)
travelling between Norway or a member State (including the United Kingdom) and a prescribed area.”.

(3)

In paragraph (2B) for the words “Paragraph (2A)" there shall be substituted the words “ Paragraphs (1A) and (2A) ”.

(4)

In paragraph (4) after the word “thereunder" there shall be inserted the words “ , and the Jobseekers Act 1995 and regulations made thereunder ”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S.I. 1975/563; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1982/1738.
F2: 1995 c.18.

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).