Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 10 of the Benefit Regulations

For regulation 10 of the Benefit Regulations (reckoning of periods of interruption of employment) there is substituted—

“Reckoning of periods of interruption of employment

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(1)

For the purpose of reckoning periods of interruption of employment, but for that purpose only, a person shall be deemed to be available to be employed in employed earner's employment on any day specified in paragraph (2) and any such day shall be treated as a day of unemployment.

(2)

The days specified for the purpose of paragraph (1) are—

(a)

any day to which regulation 7(1)(f) (days when a person is attending a training course not to be treated as days of incapacity for work) applies;

(b)

any day in respect of which the person concerned is entitled to a supplementary allowance under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976^f1 if on that day regulation 6(q) of the Supplementary Benefit (Conditions of Entitlement) Regulations 1980^f2 applies to him (persons of 60 and over entitled to supplementary allowance without being required to register for employment).”.