1998 No. 71
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 21, 35(1) and 36(1) to (4)(a) of, and paragraphs 4 and 10(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 19951, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee2, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.
2
In these Regulations, “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19963.
Amendment of regulation 46 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations2
In regulation 46(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (waiting days), for the number “3” there shall be substituted the number “7”.
Consequential amendment3
In regulation 141(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations4 (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship), for the word “4th” there shall be substituted the word “8th”.
Transitional provision4
Regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations shall not apply in the case of a person—
a
who has made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before 5th April 1999 or who is treated as having made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before that date; and
b
in respect of whom 5th April 1999 is one of the first three days of a jobseeking period.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)