Regulation 8 Exhaustion of and requalification for unemployment or sickness benefit
For the purposes of satisfying the conditions in section 13(2) of the 1973 Act, a former contributor who has exhausted his right to unemployment benefit under the 1965 Act before 6th April 1975 shall be deemed to have been working for 21 hours in employment as an employed earner for such number of weeks in the period between the date on which he exhausted his right to that benefit and 6th April 1975 as he has paid contributions as an employed person in that period.
Where a person has, by virtue of section 21(2) of the 1965 Act, exhausted his right to sickness benefit under that Act, he shall not be entitled to sickness benefit F1or invalidity benefit under the 1973 Act for any day before either of the requirements of paragraph (3) is satisfied in his case.
The said requirements are that—
the earnings factor derived from contributions of a relevant class paid by him in any one year under the 1973 Act is not less than that year's lower earnings limit multiplied by 25; or
he has—
made a claim for sickness benefit F2or invalidity benefit in respect of a day in the transitional period, and
paid 25 contributions after he exhausted his right to sickness benefit under the 1965 Act, but before the relevant time, and for this purpose contributions of an appropriate class under that Act shall be counted and there shall be added such number as results from dividing the earnings factor derived from contributions of a relevant class paid by him under the 1973 Act in respect of any one year by that year's lower earnings limit.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 8(2) inserted (20.11.1975) by The Social Security (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/1747), regs. 1, 2(3)
- F2
Words in reg. 8(3)(b)(i) inserted (20.11.1975) by The Social Security (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/1747), regs. 1, 2(3)