SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Contribution Conditions for Entitlement to Benefit
PART IThe conditions
Unemployment and sickness benefit
1
1
The contribution conditions for unemployment benefit or sickness benefit are the following.
2
The first condition is that—
a
the claimant must in respect of any one year have actually paid contributions of a relevant class, and those contributions must have been paid before the relevant time ; and
b
the earnings factor derived from those contributions must be not less than that year's lower earnings limit multiplied by 25.
3
The second condition is that—
a
the claimant must in respect of the relevant past year have either paid or been credited with contributions of a relevant class; and
b
the earnings factor derived from those contributions must be not less than that year's lower earnings limit multiplied by 50.
4
For the purposes of these conditions—
a
" the relevant time " is the day in respect of which benefit is claimed; and
b
" the relevant past year" is the last complete year before the beginning of the relevant benefit year ; and
c
" the relevant benefit year " is the benefit year in which there falls the beginning of the period of interruption of employment which includes the relevant time.