# The Social Security (Credits and Contributions) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 and the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979.
Regulation 2 amends the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 in consequence of the coming into force of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) and also makes some miscellaneous amendments to those Regulations. In particular, it separates into 3 regulations the matters formerly covered by regulation 9 of those Regulations.
The new regulation 8A provides for credits to be awarded for weeks in respect of which a jobseeker’s allowance is paid or the conditions for receiving that allowance are satisfied. The new regulation 8B replaces the existing provision for entitlement to credits during periods of incapacity for work. The substituted regulation 9 replaces the existing provision for restricting the crediting of earnings in respect of periods of unemployment or incapacity for the purposes of entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit.
Regulation 3 amends the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 in consequence of the coming into force of the Jobseekers Act 1995.
Regulation 4 provides for savings and transitional arrangements.
These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2367/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-and-contributions-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/note
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