# The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989, 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),”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2122/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-unemployment-sickness-and-invalidity-benefit-amendment-no-3-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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