Regulation 71 Voluntary Redundancy
A claimant is to be treated as not having left his employment voluntarily–
where he has been dismissed by his employer by reason of redundancy after volunteering or agreeing to be so dismissed, F1...
where he has left his employment on a date agreed with his employer without being dismissed, in pursuance of an agreement relating to voluntary redundancy F2or
where he has been laid off or kept on short-time to the extent specified in F3section 148 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and has complied with the requirements of that section.
In paragraph (1) “redundancy" means one of the facts set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section F4139(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in reg. 71(1)(a) deleted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), regs. 1(1), 5
- F2
Reg. 71(1)(c) and word inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), regs. 1(1), 5
- F3
Words in reg. 71(1)(c) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2618), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(a)
- F4
Words in reg. 71(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2618), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(b)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
- 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).