The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

PART XIII MISCELLANEOUS

Recovery of Maintenance

Recovery orders

169.—(1) Where an award of income-based jobseeker’s allowance has been made to a person (“the claimant"), the Secretary of State may apply to the court for a recovery order against the claimant’s spouse [F1or civil partner] (“the liable person").

(2) On making a recovery order the court may order the liable person to pay such amount at such intervals as it considers appropriate, having regard to all the circumstances of the liable person and in particular his income.

(3) Except in Scotland, a recovery order shall be treated for all purposes as if it were a maintenance order within the meaning of section 150(1) of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980 F2.

(4) Where a recovery order requires the liable person to make payments to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may, by giving notice in writing to the court which made the order, the liable person, and the claimant, transfer to the claimant the right to receive payments under the order and to exercise the relevant rights in relation to the order.

(5) In this regulation–

the expressions “the court" and “recovery order" have the same meanings as in section 23 of the Act; and

“the relevant rights" means, in relation to a recovery order, the right to bring any proceedings, take any steps or do any other thing under or in relation to the order.

Textual Amendments

Training Allowance

Persons in receipt of a training allowance

170.—[F3(1) A person who is not receiving training falling within paragraph (2) [F4and is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person)] may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance without—

(a)being available for employment;

(b)having entered into a jobseeker’s agreement; or

(c)actively seeking employment,

if he is in receipt of a training allowance F5....]

(2) Training falls within this paragraph if it is training for which persons aged under 18 are eligible and for which persons aged 18 to 24 may be eligible, [F6secured by the [F7Young People’s Learning Agency for England, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding] or by the [F8Welsh Ministers] and, in Scotland, provided], directly or indirectly by a Local Enterprise Company pursuant to its arrangement with, as the case may be, [F9Skills Development Scotland,] Scottish Enterprise Highlands and Island Enterprise (whether that arrangements is known as am Operating Contract or by other name).

Textual Amendments

F5Words in reg. 170(1) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Section 26) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/424), reg. 3(3)

Trade Disputes

Trade disputes: exemptions from section 15 of the Act

171.  Section 15(2) (trade disputes: effect on other claimants) shall not apply to a claimant during any period where—

(a)a member of the claimant’s family is, or would be, prevented by section 14 from being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance; and

(b)that member is–

(i)a child or young person; F10...

(ii)[F11incapable of work] or within the maternity period, and for this purpose “the maternity period" means the period commencing at the beginning of the 6th week before the expected week of confinement and ending at the end of the 7th week after the week in which confinement takes place [F12or

(iii)has limited capability for work.]

Textual Amendments

Trade disputes: prescribed sum

172.  The prescribed sum for the purposes of section 15(2)(d) is [F13£35.00.]

Textual Amendments

F13Sum in Reg. 172 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(k)(ii) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/793), arts. 1(2)(k)(ii), 25