SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Employment and support allowance: supplementary provisions
7Contributory allowance: modification in relation to employment on ships etc.
1
Regulations may modify any provision of this Part, so far as relating to a contributory allowance, in its application to any person who is, has been, or is to be—
a
employed on board any ship, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft,
b
outside Great Britain at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances, or
c
in prescribed employment in connection with continental shelf operations.
2
Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide—
a
for any provision of this Part to apply even though it would not otherwise apply;
b
for any such provision not to apply even though it would otherwise apply;
c
for the taking of evidence, in a country or territory outside Great Britain, by a consular official or other prescribed person;
d
for enabling the whole, or any part, of a contributory allowance to be paid to such of the claimant’s dependants as may be prescribed.
3
In this paragraph, “continental shelf operations” has the same meaning as in section 120 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.