PART XI PART-WEEKS
Amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable
150.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the amount payable by way of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance in respect of part-week shall be calculated by applying the formula—
(a)where the claimant has no income–
; or
(b)where the claimant has an income–
where—
A is the claimant’s weekly applicable amount in the relevant week;
B is the amount of any jobseeker’s allowance, income support, maternity allowance, incapacity benefit[F1, severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance] payable to any member of the claimant’s family other than the claimant in respect of any day in the part-week;
I is the claimant’s weekly income in the relevant week less B;
N is the number of days in the part-week.
[F2(1A) In relation to a joint-claim couple jointly claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the references to the claimant were references to the joint-claim couple.
(1B) Where a joint-claim couple become, or cease to be, a joint-claim couple on any day other than on the first day of a benefit week, the amount payable by way of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance in respect of that benefit week shall be calculated by applying the formula in paragraph (1).]
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the amount payable by way of a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance in respect of a part-week shall be calculated by applying the formula—
where—X is the personal rate determined in accordance with section 4(1);
Y is the amount of any widow’s benefit, [F3carer’s allowance ], training allowance and any increase in disablement pension payable in accordance with Part I of Schedule 7 to the Benefits Act (Unemployment Supplement) payable in respect of any day in the part-week;
N is the number of days in the part-week.
(3) In this Part–
“part-week" means an entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance in respect of any period of less than a week;
“relevant week" means the period of 7 days determined in accordance with regulation 152.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 150(1)(b) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(20)
F2Reg. 150(1A)(1B) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 48