Regulation 9 Certain contributions to be treated as contributions of the appropriate class for unemployment and sickness benefit
Where—
(a)
a claim for unemployment or sickness benefit is made by a former contributor for a day in the transitional period, and
(b)
he has paid or has been credited with at least 39 contributions of the appropriate class in respect of the last complete contribution year before the benefit year which includes that day,
every contribution as an insured person which is not a contribution of the appropriate class and has been paid by or credited to the claimant in respect of the relevant contribution year shall, for the purpose of his right to the benefit claimed for the day in question, be treated as equivalent to a contribution of the appropriate class.