{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-regulations-1975/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-regulations-1975/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-regulations-1975",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application of the Act, the Northern Ireland Act and regulations",
  "text": "In relation to any person who is serving member of the forces other than such a person as is mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2 above, the provisions relating to benefits (other than industrial injuries benefit) of the Act and regulations made under it, or of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and regulations made under it, or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and regulations made under it, or of Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and regulations made under it, or of the Northern Ireland Act and regulations made under it, as the case may be, shall apply with this modification, that where he is, on account of his being at sea or outside the United Kingdom by reason of his employment as a serving member of the forces, unable to perform an act required to be done either forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time, he shall be deemed to have complied therewith if he performs the act as soon as is reasonably practicable, although after the happening of the event or the expiration of the specified time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 inserted (7.10.1996) by The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1345), regs. 1, 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 21(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 inserted (N.I.) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 18(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 6.4.1975, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/493/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:12:52.189995+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}