Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 9

at the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of that regulation there are inserted the words “in accordance with section 17^f1 and regulations made under that section”;

at the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (5) of that regulation there are inserted the words “in accordance with section 17 and regulations made under that section”;

for sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (9) of that regulation there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

“(c)

that person has claimed (“the earlier claim”) unemployment benefit, sickness benefit or maternity allowance in respect of a day, or in respect of which the maternity allowance period includes a day, falling within the relevant past year, and has satisfied, or may by virtue of any enactment or regulations be treated as having satisfied, in relation to the earlier claim–

(i)

for the purposes of a later claim for unemployment benefit or maternity allowance, the contribution conditions for such benefit; and

(ii)

for the purposes of a later claim for sickness benefit, the contribution conditions for that benefit;”;

at the end of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 9 of that regulation there shall be added the words “, but this sub-paragraph shall not apply in respect of any day after 30th September 1989 and falling within a period of interruption of employment which begins after 1st October 1988”.