# The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 (“the principal Regulations”). Apart from regulations 7 and 8, these regulations are made wholly or partly in consequence of amendments to the Social Security Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) and the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 which are made by the Social Security Act 1989.
Regulation 2 defines “employment or training programme” and “Outward Bound course” for the purposes of the principal Regulations.
Regulation 3 extends in prescribed cases the period during which a person may requalify for unemployment benefit under section 18(2) of the 1975 Act.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations to make provision for days not to be treated as days of unemployment where a compensation payment is received on the termination of employment.
Regulation 5 inserts regulation 7B into the principal Regulations to make new provision for treating days as not being days of unemployment where a person places certain restrictions on his availability.
Regulation 6 prescribes the steps to be taken by persons who are actively seeking employment and makes provision for persons to be deemed to be actively seeking employment, for the purposes of section 17 of the 1975 Act. It also makes provision in relation to good cause for acts or omissions in relation to disqualification for unemployment benefit under section 20 of the 1975 Act and the meaning of “employment” in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of that section. In addition, for the purpose of section 20A of that Act it specifies the maximum and minimum permitted periods and makes provision for trial periods.
Regulation 7 amends regulation 16 of the principal Regulations so that any day in respect of which a person establishes that he did not omit to claim unemployment benefit with a view to avoiding the need to requalify for that benefit is not treated as a day of entitlement to benefit.
Regulation 8 revokes the additional condition for seasonal workers.
Regulations 9 and 10 amend the provisions under which unemployment benefit is abated to take account of personal pensions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1324/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-unemployment-sickness-and-invalidity-benefit-amendment-no-2-regulations-1989/note
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