Regulation 5 Modifications relating to the first contribution condition for unemployment benefit, sickness benefit and maternity grant

In the case of a claim to which regulation 3 applies, for the purpose of satisfying the first contribution condition for unemployment benefit and sickness benefit specified in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 2 to the 1965 Act and the first contribution condition for a maternity grant specified in paragraph 2(1)(a) of that Schedule, a former contributor shall be deemed to have paid, in addition to any contributions of the appropriate class actually paid, under the 1965 Act, such number of contributions of the appropriate class as results from dividing the earnings factor derived from contributions of the relevant class he has actually paid under the 1973 Act in any year or part of a year before the relevant time by the lower earnings limit for that year, and if that is not a whole number any fraction shall be disregarded.