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11.—(1) In this regulation—
“the Continental Shelf Act” means
“designated area” means
“prescribed disease” means
[F1'prescribed employment' means
[F2'prescribed area' means
[F4(1A) Where a claimant would be entitled to a F5... jobseeker’s allowance but for section 1(2)(i) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (conditions of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance: requirement to be in Great Britain), he shall be entitled to a F5... jobseeker’s allowance notwithstanding his absence from Great Britain if—
(a)the absence from Great Britain is due to his being or having been in prescribed employment in a designated area; or
(b)subject to paragraph (2B), he is, in connection with prescribed employment–
(i)in a prescribed area; or
(ii)travelling between one prescribed area and another; or
(iii)travelling between a designated area and a prescribed area; or
(iv)travelling between Norway[F6, a member State or the United Kingdom] and a prescribed area.]
(2) Where benefit under Part II of the Act would, but for the provisions of section 82(5)(a) of the Act (absence from Great Britain), be payable to a person in a designated area, that benefit shall be payable notwithstanding the absence of that person from Great Britain, if the absence is due to his being or having been in prescribed employment [F7in a designated area].
[F8(2A) Subject to paragraph (2B) where benefit under Part II of the Act would be payable to a person were that person in Great Britain, that person shall not be disqualified for receiving such benefit by reason only of the fact that he is, in connection with prescribed employment:—
(a)in a prescribed area; or
(b)travelling between one prescribed area and another; or
(c)travelling between a designated area and a prescribed area; or
(d)travelling between Norway[F9, a member State or the United Kingdom] and a prescribed area.]
[F8(2B) [F10Paragraphs (1A) and (2A)] shall not apply where, under the legislation administered by Norway or any member StateF11... benefit is payable in respect of a person for the same contingency and for the same period for which benefit is claimed under the Act.]
(3) Where benefit under Chapter IV or V of Part II of the Act would, but for the provisions of section 50(5) of the Act, be payable to a person in respect of an accident arising out of and in the course of, or a prescribed disease due to the nature of, any employment by virtue of which any person is treated as an employed earner under paragraph 7 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Injuries Employments Regulations, that benefit shall be payable notwithstanding that the accident happens or the disease is contracted while such person is outside Great Britain, if at the time that the accident happens or the disease is contracted the person is either in a designated area or travelling from one designated area to another or from or to Great Britain to or from a designated area.
(4) The provisions of the Act and of the regulations and orders made thereunder[F12, and the Jobseekers Act 1995 and regulations made thereunder] shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this regulation, apply in relation to persons in prescribed employment with this modification, that where such a person is, on account of his being outside Great Britain by reason of his employment, being prescribed employment, unable to perform any act required to be done either forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time, he shall be deemed to have complied with that requirement if he performs the act as soon as is reasonably practicable, although after the happening of the event or the expiration of the specified time.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 11(1) substituted (31.12.1982) by The Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay (Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982) (Consequential) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1738), regs. 1(1), 2(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 11(1) added (31.12.1982) by The Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay (Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982) (Consequential) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1738), regs. 1(1), 2(a)(ii)
F3Words in reg. 11(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Reg. 11(1A) inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), regs. 1(2), 165(2)
F5Words in reg. 11(1A) omitted (29.4.2013) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 23(3)
F6Words in reg. 11(1A)(b)(iv) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in reg. 11(2) added (31.12.1982) by The Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay (Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982) (Consequential) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1738), regs. 1(1), 2(b)
F8Reg. 11(2A)(2B) inserted (31.12.1982) by The Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay (Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982) (Consequential) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1738), regs. 1(1), 2(c)
F9Words in reg. 11(2A)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in reg. 11(2B) substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), regs. 1(2), 165(3)
F11Words in reg. 11(2B) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/128), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in reg. 11(4) inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), regs. 1(2), 165(4)