3.—(1) In a case of earnings from any employment or employments to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20.
(2) This paragraph applies to employment—
(a)as a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 F1 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
(b)as a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority (as defined in section 1 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 F2) or a joint fire and rescue board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made under section 2(1) of that Act;
(c)as an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;
(d)in the manning or launching of a lifeboat if the employment is part-time;
(e)as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 F3.
(3) If—
(a)any of the earnings of the claimant or, if he has a partner, his partner, or both of them, are disregarded under sub-paragraph (1); and
(b)either of them has, or they both have, other earnings,
so much of those other earnings as would not, in aggregate with the earnings disregarded under that sub-paragraph, exceed £20.
Textual Amendments
F22005 asp 5; paragraph 3(1)(c) applies in Scotland only– see footnote (a) above.