# The Social Security (Short-Term Benefits) (Transitional) Regulations 1974, Regulation 4: Modifications relating to “contribution year” and “benefit year” under the 1965 Act


(1) The provisions of regulation 2 of the National Insurance (General Benefit) Regulations 1970 as amended , shall not be applied to a claim to which regulation 3 applies and the periods set out in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to these regulations against the month in column 1 of that Schedule in which occurs the relevant contribution week determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with the said regulation 2 to be applicable in the case of a former contributor shall, in relation to such former contributor, constitute respectively, as set out in column 2, contribution years and, as set out in column 3, benefit years; but nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the provisions of the said regulation 2 being applied for the purposes of the rules, relating to the late payment of contributions, in the National Insurance (Contributions) Regulations 1969 , as amended .
(1A) Where by virtue of regulation 3 a claim for unemployment or sickness benefit in respect of a day in the period from 2nd January 1977 to 28th May 1977 (inclusive of both dates) falls to be determined by reference to the contribution conditions in the 1965 Act it shall be determined as if the benefit year were the benefit year which by virtue of paragraph (1) ended for the claimant in question on 1st January 1977
(2) Each period set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these regulations shall be deemed to be the last complete contribution year before the beginning of the period constituting a benefit year set out against it in column 3 of that Schedule.
(3) For the purposes of any claim to which regulation 3 applies, a former contributor, who has paid or been credited with at least one contribution in the period specified in relation to him in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these regulations as constituting the contribution year ending 5th April 1975, shall be deemed to have been credited with contributions as an employed person for that contribution year for such number of weeks as will, when added to the number of weeks in that period, amount to a total of 52; so however that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of a woman in respect of whom there is current on 5th April 1975 an election, made under regulation 2(1)(a) of the National Insurance (Married Women) Regulations 1973 (married women who are employed persons), not to pay contributions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/2192/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-short-term-benefits-transitional-regulations-1974/regulation-4
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