Part 3CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS

Modification for periods of employment between 25 and 26 weeks

regulation 19 + 19.—(1) This regulation applies where a person—

regulation 19 1 a + (a)has not been in employed earner’s employment with the same employer for more than 26 weeks ending with the relevant week, but

regulation 19 1 b + (b)has been in employed earner’s employment with the same employer in each of the 26 weeks in the 26 week period ending with the relevant week.

(2) To determine whether that person’s employment amounts to a continuous period of at least 26 weeks for the purposes of section 171ZZ16 of the 1992 Act, the first of those 26 weeks is a period commencing on the first day of the person’s employment with the employer (“the start date”) and ending at midnight on—

regulation 19 2 a + (a)the first Saturday after the start date, or

regulation 19 2 b + (b)where the start date is a Saturday, that day.