The Redundant Association Officers Compensation Regulations 1967

Deductions for redundancy payments and national insurance benefits

27.—(1) A deduction shall be made from compensation payable to a person under these regulations by reason of loss of employment as an officer of an Association of a sum equivalent to any payments assessed in accordance with the Redundancy Payments Act 1965which are made to him by reason of that loss.

(2) A deduction shall be made from resettlement compensation payable to a person under these regulations of a sum equivalent to any national insurance benefits claimable by him in respect of a period in respect of which resettlement compensation is also payable.

(3) A deduction shall be made from long term compensation payable to a person under these regulations by reason of loss of employment as an officer of an Association of a sum equivalent to the amount by which the aggregate of the national insurance benefits claimable by him in respect of a week in respect of which long term compensation is also payable, and the weekly rate at which long term compensation, but for this regulation, would be payable, exceeds two thirds of the weekly rate of the net annual emoluments as such an officer which he has lost.

(4) The deduction under this regulation of a sum from compensation shall be effected by reducing the compensation to such extent and for such period as the Secretary of State may determine until the sum has been deducted.

(5) (a) In this regulation “national insurance benefits” means unemployment, sickness or injury benefits claimable under the statutes relating to national insurance (excluding any amount claimable in respect of a dependant).

(b)For the purposes of this regulation the weekly rate at which long term compensation is payable shall be deemed to be seven three hundred and sixty-fifths of the annual rate at which long term compensation is payable at the time in question, and the weekly rate of net annual emoluments shall be deemed to be seven three hundred and sixty-fifths of those emoluments.