Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/2122 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 2122
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989
16thNovember1989
17thNovember1989
10thDecember1989
The Secretary of State for Social Security in the exercise of powers conferred by sections 17(1) (a) and (2) and 166 of the Social Security Act 1975 ( a) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee ( b) , hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 10th December 1989.
(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 ( c) .
Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations
2. 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" ;(a) 1975 c.14; see Schedule 20 for the meaning of "prescribed" and "regulations" ; section 17(1) and (2) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c.24), sections 10 and 166 were amended by the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), section 62(1).
(b) See the Social Security Act 1980 (c.30), section 10(1); section, 10(1) was amended by the Social Security Act 1986, Schedule 10, paragraph 98(a).
(c) S.I. 1983/1598; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1986/1011, 1987/317, 1988/1674 and 1989/1324.
(c) after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted...To continue reading
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