The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit and Credits) Amendment Regulations 1981
These regulations amend the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1975 (“the Benefit Regulations”) and the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 (“the Credits Regulations”). Regulation 1 relates to the citation, commencement and interpretation of these Regulations. Regulation 2, which amends regulation 10 of the Benefit Regulations, provides for treating a period when a person over 60 is receiving a supplementary allowance at the long-term rate without being required to register for employment as part of a “period of interruption of employment” for the purposes of these regulations. Regulation 3 amends regulation 9 of the Credits Regulations to enable such a person to be credited with contributions under the Social Security Act 1975.