8N.I.Where a person claims [F1short-term incapacity benefit], he shall be taken to satisfy the first contribution condition for the benefit if on a previous claim for any short-term benefit he has satisfied the first contribution condition for that benefit, by virtue of paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the 1975 Act, with contributions of a class relevant to [F1short-term incapacity benefit].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 8 substituted (13.4.1995) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 13(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 38(4) (with art. 15(1)); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. IV