Regulation 3 Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979
The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) there are inserted in the appropriate places the following definitions —
““contributory benefit”includes a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance but not an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
“contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995f2;
“income-based jobseeker’s allowance”has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“jobseeker’s allowance”means an allowance payable under Part I of the Jobseekers Act 1995;”.
In regulation 26A(6) (return of Class 2 contributions paid by low earners) after “an amount by way of”there is inserted “contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance or”and after “paid by way of such”there is inserted “allowance or”.
In regulation 38 (treatment for purpose of contributory benefit of late paid contributions) —
in paragraph (6) for “unemployment benefit”there is substituted “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”; and
after paragraph (6) there is inserted —
“(6A)In paragraph (6) of this regulation the reference to the second contribution condition in relation to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance is a reference to the condition specified in section 2(1)(b) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.”.
In regulation 39 (treatment of late paid or unpaid primary Class 1 contributions) —
for the words “unemployment benefit”, in both places where they occur, there is substituted “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”; and
at the beginning there is inserted the paragraph number “(1)”and at the end there is added the following paragraph —
“(2)In paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation the reference to the first contribution condition in relation to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance is a reference to the condition specified in section 2(1)(a) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.”.
In regulation 98(c) and (e) (which relate to share fishermen) for “unemployment benefit”there is substituted “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance”.