Regulation 2 Days in periods of paid leave not to be treated as days of unemployment

Where a person, either being domiciled or having a place of residence in the United Kingdom—

(a)

is employed as a mariner on board any British ship, not being a ship used wholly or mainly for the disposal of sludge; or

(b)

is employed as a mariner on board any ship or vessel, not being a British ship or a ship or vessel used wholly or mainly for the disposal of sludge, and—

(i)

the contract in respect of the employment is entered into in the United Kingdom with a view to its performance (in whole or in part) while the ship or vessel is on her voyage; and

(ii)

the owner (or managing owner, if there is more than one owner) has a place of business in Great Britain; and

(c)

upon the termination of a voyage ending during the period of that employment, he is entitled to a day or days of leave on pay, and

(d)

that employment is terminated before the end of the period of leave on pay,

F1he shall not be regarded as available for employment on any day in that period of leave F2and, in relation to new style JSA, shall not be regarded as entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for any day in that period.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2 substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), regs. 1(2), 166(2)
F2: Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 22(3)