The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Modification of section 15(2) of the Act

155.—[F1(1)] In its application to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance [F2but not a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance] payable for a part-week, section 15(2)(d) shall have effect subject to the following modification—

“(d)any payment by way of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance for that period or any part of it which apart from this paragraph would be made to the claimant—

(i)shall not be made, if the amount of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance which would be payable for a period of less than a week is equal to or less than the proportion of the prescribed sum appropriate to the number of days in the part-week;

(ii)shall be at a rate equal to the difference between the amount which would be payable for a period of less than a week and the prescribed sum where that amount would be more than the prescribed sum.

[F3(2) In its application to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance payable for a part-week, section 15(2)(d) shall have effect subject to the following modification—

“(d)any payment by way of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance for that period or any part of it which apart from this paragraph would be made to the nominated member for the purposes of section 3B—

(i)shall not be made, if the amount of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance which would be payable for less than a week is equal to or less than the proportion of the prescribed sum appropriate to the number of days in the part-week;

(ii)shall be at a rate equal to the difference between the amount which would be payable for a period of less than a week and the prescribed sum where that amount would be more than the prescribed sum.””]

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