EX-99.23(h)(35)
           AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
     BETWEEN JNL VARIABLE FUND AND ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
     This AMENDMENT is made by and between  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇  NATIONAL ASSET  MANAGEMENT,
LLC, a Michigan limited  liability company  ("Administrator"),  and JNL VARIABLE
FUND LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Fund").
     WHEREAS,  the  Administrator  and the  Fund  entered  into an  Amended  and
Restated  Administration  Agreement dated as of December 3, 2007  ("Agreement"),
whereby the Administrator agreed to provide certain  administrative  services to
several separate series of shares (each a "fund") of the Fund.
     WHEREAS,  the parties have agreed to amend section 20,  "CHOICE OF LAW," of
the  Agreement to change the  governing  law venue from the State of Michigan to
the State of Illinois.
     NOW THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual covenants herein  contained,
the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement to replace the entire  paragraph
under the "CHOICE OF LAW" section as follows:
     20.  CHOICE OF LAW
     This  Agreement  is made and to be  principally  performed  in the State of
     Illinois,  and  except  insofar as the 1940 Act or other  federal  laws and
     regulations  may be  controlling,  this Agreement shall be governed by, and
     construed and enforced in accordance  with,  the internal laws of the State
     of Illinois.
This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts  which together shall
constitute one document.
     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Administrator  and the Fund  have  caused  this
Amendment to be executed as of this 29th day of December, 2008.
JNL VARIABLE FUND LLC                     ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ NATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:    __________________________________ By: _________________________________
Name:  ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇                      Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President, Counsel,           Title: President
       and Secretary