58.—(1) Where any payment of earnings is made in one year which, but for regulation 7(3), would by virtue of that regulation have been treated as paid at an interval falling within another year, the contributions paid in respect of those earnings shall, on the application of the employed earner or the direction of the Secretary of State, be treated, for the purposes of entitlement to benefit, as paid in respect of that other year.
(2) Where—
(a)an employed earner’s employment commences in one year;
(b)the first payment of earnings in respect of that employment is made in the following year; and
(c)earnings in respect of that employment which fall to be paid in that later year are paid at regular intervals,
the contributions paid in respect of the first payment of earnings shall, on the application of the employed earner to the Secretary of State, be treated, for the purposes of entitlement to benefit, as paid in respect of the year in which the employment commenced.