The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 No. 207

[F1 PART IXA HARDSHIP FOR JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 9A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

Payments made on account of suspended benefit

146H.— (1) This regulation applies to a joint-claim couple to whom—

(a) payments of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance have been suspended in accordance with regulations made under section 21 of the Social Security Act 1998;

(b) a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is paid under regulation 146C or 146D.

(2) In the case of a joint-claim couple to whom—

(a) this regulation applies; and

(b) payments in respect of the benefit suspended fall to be made,

any benefit paid or payable by virtue of regulation 146C(5) or 146D(3) shall be treated as having been paid on account of the suspended benefit and only the balance of the suspended benefit, if any, shall be payable.]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Regs. 146E-146H modified (22.11.2010) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work for Your Benefit Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1222), regs. 1(2), 11