The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1Applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples

146G.[F2(1) The weekly applicable amount of the joint-claim couple to whom a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable in accordance with this Part of these Regulations shall be reduced by a sum equivalent to—

(a)20% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in a case where a member of a joint-claim couple is—

(i)either pregnant or seriously ill, or

(ii)a member of a polygamous marriage and one of the members of that marriage is pregnant or seriously ill, or

(b)40% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in all other cases.]

(2) A reduction under paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.]