Regulation 22 Interpretation of certain expressions for the purposes of regulations 18(3)(f)(i) and 19(1)(d)

For the purposes of regulations 18(3)(f)(i) and 19(1)(d)—

(a)

a person is engaged in duties for the benefit of others while–

(i)

providing assistance to any person whose life may be endangered or who may be exposed to the risk of serious bodily injury or whose health may be seriously impaired,

(ii)

protecting property of substantial value from imminent risk of serious damage or destruction, or

(iii)

assisting in measures being taken to prevent a serious threat to the health of the people,

as a member of a group of persons organised wholly or partly for the purpose of providing such assistance or, as the case may be, protection;

(b)

events which may give rise to an emergency include–

(i)

a fire, a flood or an explosion,

(ii)

a natural catastrophe,

(iii)

a railway or other transport accident,

(iv)

a cave or mountain accident,

(v)

an accident at sea,

(vi)

a person being reported missing and the organisation of a search for that person.

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).