EX-99.23(g)(20) AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED MUTUAL FUND CUSTODY AND SERVICES AGREEMENT

EX-99.23(g)(20)
                                  AMENDMENT TO
                  AMENDED AND RESTATED MUTUAL FUND CUSTODY AND
                               SERVICES AGREEMENT


     This  Amendment  dated the 14th day of August,  2008,  to the  Amended  and
Restated Mutual Fund Custody and Services Agreement effective as of May 1, 2001,
("Agreement")  by and between JNL Variable Fund LLC ("Fund") and The Bank of New
York Mellon (successor by operation of law to Mellon Trust of New England, N.A.)
("Custodian").

     WHEREAS, the Fund and the Custodian have entered into the Agreement;

     WHEREAS,  in order to reflect a change in Authorized  Persons to add Xxxxxx
Childs.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1.   To delete  Appendix A of the  Agreement  and  substitute it with Appendix A
     attached hereto.

2.   Except as specifically  amended hereby,  the Agreement shall remain in full
     force and effect in accordance with its terms.

3.   The Fund and the Custodian  hereby each  represent and warrant to the other
     that it has full  authority to enter into this Amendment upon the terms and
     conditions  hereof and that the individual  executing this Amendment on its
     behalf has the  requisite  authority  to bind the Fund or Custodian to this
     Amendment.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of
the date set forth above.


JNL VARIABLE FUND LLC                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON


By: __________________________________    By:   ________________________________
Name:  Xxxx X. Xxxxx                      Name: ________________________________
Title: President                          Title:________________________________

                                   APPENDIX A
                           LIST OF AUTHORIZED PERSONS


     I,  Xxxxx X.  Xxxx,  the  Secretary  of JNL  Variable  Fund LLC, a Delaware
Limited  Liability  Company  organized under the laws of Delaware ( "Fund"),  do
hereby certify that:

     The following  individuals have been duly authorized as Authorized  Persons
to give  Instructions  on  behalf  of the  Fund and each  fund  thereof  and the
specimen signatures set forth opposite their respective names are their true and
correct signatures:

NAME                                       SIGNATURE

Xxxx Xxxxxxxx                              /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx Childs                              /s/ Xxxxxx Childs

Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx                           /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx

Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx                        /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx

J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx                            /s/ J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx                            /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx

Xxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx                          /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx

Xxxx Xxxxxx                                /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxx X. Xxxxx                              /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx

Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx                           /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxx X. Xxxx                              /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx


                                           JNL VARIABLE FUND LLC

                                           By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
                                           Name:  Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Secretary
                                           Dated: August 14, 2008