Treatment of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance and contributory employment and support allowance2.

A contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance and a contributory employment and support allowance are to be treated as benefits for the purposes of making provision under paragraph 8(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (power to make provision for contributions paid at one time to be treated as paid at some other time).