Linking periods4

1

Regulation 3 of the Transitional Provisions Regulations (linking periods) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In paragraph (1)(d) after “service” there shall be added “and is required to attend court”.

3

In paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

e

any period of interruption of employment where a jobseeking period begins within 8 weeks of that period ending.

4

After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

2A

For the purpose of paragraph (2)(e) a day of unemployment shall form part of a period of interruption of employment if a jobseeking period begins within 6 days of that day.

5

Any period of interruption of employment which ends within 8 weeks of the commencement of a jobseeking period as described in regulation 2(1) of the Transitional Provisions Regulations shall be treated, for the purposes of that regulation, as a jobseeking period.