Paragraph 8 Limitation and adjustment of benefits

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(1)

No payments shall be made under this Scheme in respect of any week in which a coal industry employee is in coal industry employment.

(2)

In respect of any week during which a coal industry employee is in self-employment or in employment other than coal industry employment, the weekly payment under Article 7 to such a coal industry employee under this Scheme shall not exceed £20.00 and, for the purposes of this paragraph, employment or self-employment in any week for less than 16 hours shall not be regarded as employment or self-employment as the case may be.

(3)

No benefit under Article 5 shall be paid to any coal industry employee in respect of any day on which he is:

(a)

entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance or during any period in which he would be entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance but for section 4(6) or (8) of the Jobseekers Act (amount payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance);

(b)

employed or self-employed unless he earns &2 or less (before any deductions) on that day.

(4)

Any benefit under Article 5 shall be reduced or extinguished as the case may be by the amount of any occupational or personal pension in excess of &35 per week received by the coal industry employee.

(5)

Any benefit under Article 6 shall be reduced or extinguished as the case may be by the amount of any pension under the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme or the Staff Superannuation Scheme in excess of £35 per week received by the coal industry employee.

(6)

Benefits payable under Article 5 and Article 6 shall be adjusted by reference to any benefits payable to a coal industry employee under the 1992 Act, in accordance with the overlapping benefits regulations, as if the said Article 5 and Article 6 payments were personal benefits or dependency benefits, as appropriate, payable under Parts II, III and IV of the 1992 Act.