Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (days not to be treated as days of unemployment)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (n) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(o)

subject to regulation 9, a day shall not be treated as a day of unemployment in relation to any person, if—

(i)

it falls within a period of 7 days (including Sundays) ending on the week-day corresponding to the particular week-day specified in a written notice last given to him by the Secretary of State for the purpose of his claiming unemployment benefit; and

(ii)

his earnings in respect of that period are equal to or exceed the weekly lower earnings limit for the time being specified for Class 1 contributions under the Act.”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) for the words “Paragraph (1)(e) shall not apply to a person unless” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraph (1)(e) shall apply to a person if his earnings in the week in which the day falls exceed £12.00 and either”;

(c)

after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(5A)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(o), where during a period of 7 days the lower earnings limit changes reference shall be made to the lower earnings limit specified at the end of that period.”;

(d)

in paragraph (6), in the definition of “week”, after the word “week” there shall be inserted the words “, except in paragraphs (1)(e) and (2),”.