- agency
means any agency referred to in the definition of “properly notified” in section 20(5), other than the Secretary of State;
- compensation
means any payment made to or for a person in respect of the termination of the employment other than– a any remuneration paid in respect of the period before the termination;
- directed
means directed by a direction to which regulation 8 (attendance in person at an unemployment benefit office) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 refers and for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), “written notice” means any notice in writing to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (variation of prescribed times for claiming unemployment benefit) to those Regulations refers. 12D 1 A person shall be deemed to be actively seeking employment in respect of– a the week which includes the first day for which a claim for unemployment benefit is made since that person was last– i in employment, or ii participating in an employment or training programme for which a training allowance is payable, for a period of not less than 6 consecutive days (disregarding Sundays);
- employment
means employed earner’s employment except in the expressions “self-employed earner’s employment”, “employment agency” and “employment business”;
- employment or training programme
means a course or programme of rehabilitation or training which is established pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain or retain employed earner’s employment;”
- Outward Bound course
means any course or programme for personal development which is made available to persons who are not in employment by the charitable trust known as the Outward Bound Trust Limited;”
- period of notice
means the period of notice of termination of employment to which a person is entitled by statute or by contract, whichever is the longer, or, if he is not entitled to such notice, that period of notice which is customary in the employment in question;
- personal pension scheme
means any personal pension scheme within the meaning of paragraph (c) or (e) of the definition of “payments by way of occupational or personal pension” in section 5(3) of the 1980 Act and any contract or trust, other than an occupational pension scheme, which falls within paragraph (d) of that definition.”
- spell of unemployment
means any period of one or more days on which a person is unemployed;
- the principal Regulations
means the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983.
- the standard date
means the earlier of– (a) the due date;
- training
means training under an approved training scheme. 12F 1 For the purposes of section 20A(3) (exemptions from disqualification for unemployment benefit), the permitted period shall not be less than a period of 7 days (including a Sunday) and any such period– a shall begin on the first day for which a person makes a claim for unemployment benefit since the last day on which he was in employment, or in vocational training in his usual occupation, or incapable of work;
- training allowance
means a training allowance paid under the Employment and Training Act 1973;”
- week
means any period of 7 days (including a Sunday).”
- written notice
means any notice in writing to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (variation of prescribed times for claiming unemployment benefit) to those Regulations refers. 12D 1 A person shall be deemed to be actively seeking employment in respect of– a the week which includes the first day for which a claim for unemployment benefit is made since that person was last– i in employment, or ii participating in an employment or training programme for which a training allowance is payable, for a period of not less than 6 consecutive days (disregarding Sundays);