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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Unemployment,  Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 10th December 1989.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983.
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In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (days not to be treated as days of unemployment)—
(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (n) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(o) subject to regulation 9, a day shall not be treated as a day of unemployment in relation to any person, if—
(i) it falls within a period of 7 days (including Sundays) ending on the week-day corresponding to the particular week-day specified in a written notice last given to him by the Secretary of State for the purpose of his claiming unemployment benefit; and
(ii) his earnings in respect of that period are equal to or exceed the weekly lower earnings limit for the time being specified for Class 1 contributions under the Act.”;
(b) in paragraph (2) for the words “Paragraph (1)(e) shall not apply to a person unless” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraph (1)(e) shall apply to a person if his earnings in the week in which the day falls exceed £12.00 and either”;
(c) after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(5A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(o), where during a period of 7 days the lower earnings limit changes reference shall be made to the lower earnings limit specified at the end of that period.”;
(d) in paragraph (6), in the definition of “week”, after the word “week” there shall be inserted the words “, except in paragraphs (1)(e) and (2),”.
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In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (persons deemed to be available for employment in employed earner’s employment) for the reference “regulation 7(1)(g)” there shall be substituted the reference “regulation 7(1)(g) and (o)”.
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In regulation 19(3) of the principal Regulations (modifications of normal idle day rule) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following—“or
(e) the person’s earnings in that week are £12.00 or less,”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security
Gillian Shephard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of  Social Security
16th November 1989