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Paragraph 5 Benefits payable

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(1)

Subject as hereinafter provided, where in any week a coal industry employee eligible for payments under this Scheme is not employed or self-employed or is employed or self-employed for less than 16 hours, the Secretary of State may pay to him in respect of any day of that week, provided that he is capable of work on that day, the following benefits:

(a)

from 7th October 1996 until 8th April 1997 payments at the rate of £48.25 per week and from 8th April 1997 until the first Monday in the next tax year payments at the weekly rate calculated by increasing £48.25 by the appropriate percentage and in each subsequent period commencing on the first Monday in the tax year payments at the weekly rate calculated by increasing the rate payable in the preceding period by the appropriate percentage;

(b)

if he:

(i)

is residing with his spouse; or

(ii)

is residing with a person looking after his child or children for whom he is entitled to child benefit; or

(iii)

is living separately from and is contributing not less than the applicable rate towards the maintenance of his spouse; or

(iv)

is living separately from and is contributing not less than the applicable rate towards the maintenance of a person who is looking after his child or children for whom he is entitled to child benefit,

then in addition to the benefit payable under sub-paragraph (a) above, a further benefit shall be payable from 7th October 1996 until 8th April 1997 at the rate of £529.75 per week and from 8th April 1997 until the first Monday in the next tax year payments at the weekly rate calculated by increasing £29.75 by the appropriate percentage and in each subsequent period commencing on the first Monday in the tax year payments at the weekly rate calculated by increasing the rate payable in the preceding period by the appropriate percentage provided that the spouse or person does not have during that week weekly earnings equal to or greater than the applicable rate for that week and in this sub-paragraph “the applicable rate for that week” means £29.75 or such other sum as is payable under this sub-paragraph.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, payments in respect of any day shall be one seventh of the weekly rate for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) or sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, as the case may be.