Regulation 3 Claims for certain benefits during transitional period to be determined as if the 1965 Act were in force

Where a claim is made for a maternity grant, unemployment benefit or sickness benefit under the 1973 Act in respect of an event or for a day falling within the transitional period and the relevant contributor is a former contributor, that claim shall be determined as if the contribution conditions in Schedule 2 to the 1965 Act, as they existed on 5th April 1975 for the corresponding benefit under that Act, applied instead of those in Schedule 3 to the 1973 Act; and for this purpose those conditions and other provisions of the 1965 Act and the regulations made under it which were in force then shall be applied subject to the following provisions of these regulations.