{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.\n(2) In regulation 9 (credits for unemployment or incapacity for work)—\n(a) in paragraph (5)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words“of section 22(3)” there shall be substituted the words“of section 22(4)”;\n(ii) the word“or” shall be added at the end of sub-paragraph (c);\n(b) in paragraph (9)—\n(i) for the words“sickness benefit, maternity grant or maternity allowance” there shall be substituted the words“sickness benefit or maternity allowance”;\n(ii) the word“or” shall be added at the end of sub-paragraph (e).\n(3) After regulation 9A there shall be inserted the following two regulations—\n“Credits for jury service\n9B (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), for the purposes of entitlement to any benefit by virtue of a person’s contributions he shall be entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force, in respect of each week for any part of which he attended at Court for jury service.\n(2) A person shall be entitled to be credited with earnings in respect of a week by virtue of the provisions of this regulation only if—\n(a) his earnings in respect of that week from any employment of his as an employed earner are below the lower earnings limit then in force; and\n(b) he furnished to the Secretary of State notice in writing of his claim to be entitled to be credited with earnings and did so before the end of the benefit year immediately following the tax year in which that week or part of that week fell or within such further time as may be reasonable in the circumstances of his case.\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply—\n(a) to a woman in respect of any week in any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made by her under Regulations made under section 3(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 had effect; or\n(b) in respect of any week falling wholly or partly within a year commencing before 6th April 1988.\nCredits for maternity pay period\n9C (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), for the purposes of entitlement to any benefit by virtue of a woman’s contributions she shall be entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force, in respect of each week during a maternity pay period in respect of which statutory maternity pay was paid to her.\n(2) A woman shall be entitled to be credited with earnings in respect of a week by virtue of this regulation only if she furnished to the Secretary of State notice in writing of her claim to be entitled to be credited with earnings and did so before the end of the benefit year immediately following the tax year in which that week or part of that week fell or within such further time as may be reasonable in the circumstances of her case.\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a woman in respect of any week in any part of which she was a married woman in respect of whom an election made by her under Regulations made under section 3(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 had effect.\n(4) In this regulation“maternity pay period” and“statutory maternity pay” have the same meanings as in the Social Security Act 1986.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; see sections 46(1) and 47(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/516/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:30.817034+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."
}