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2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “relevant past year” there shall be substituted the following definition —
““relevant past year” means the last complete year before the beginning of the relevant benefit year;”.
(3) In regulation 9 (credits for unemployment or incapacity for work) —
(a)after paragraph (8) the following paragraph shall be inserted —
“(8A) For the purposes of this regulation, where a period of employment commencing on any day extends over midnight into the following day, the person employed shall, in respect of such period, be treated —
(a)as having been employed on the first day only, if the employment before midnight is of longer duration than that after midnight, and in that case the first day shall not be treated as a day of interruption of employment;
(b)as having been employed on the second day only, if the employment after midnight is of longer duration than that before midnight, or if the employment before and after midnight is of equal duration, and in either of these cases the second day shall not be treated as a day of interruption of employment.”;
(b)in paragraph (9) —
(i)for the words “unemployment benefit, sickness benefit or maternity allowance” there shall be substituted the words “ unemployment benefit or sickness benefit ”;
(ii)for sub-paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
“(a)in respect of one of the last two complete years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year, that person has an earnings factor of not less than twenty five times the lower earnings limit for that year which —
(i)for the purposes of entitlement to unemployment benefit, is derived from earnings upon which primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid;
(ii)for the purposes of entitlement to sickness benefit, is derived from such earnings or from Class 2 contributions; or”;
(iii)in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “or regulations made under section 33(2)” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ or regulation 2(1) of the Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance (Transitional) Regulations 1987 M1; ”.
(4) In regulation 9C (credits for maternity pay period) for the words “by virtue of a woman`s contributions” there shall be substituted the words “ by virtue of a woman`s earnings or contributions ”.
(5) In the following regulations —
(a)regulation 4 (starting credits for the purposes of a retirement pension, a widowed mother`s allowance and a widow`s pension),
(b)regulation 7 (credits for approved training),
(c)regulation 7A (credits for invalid care allowance),
(d)regulation 9 (credits for unemployment or incapacity for work),
(e)regulation 9A (credits for persons approaching pensionable age),
(f)regulation 9B (credits for jury service),
for the words “by virtue of a person`s contributions”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “ by virtue of a person`s earnings or contributions ”.
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