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- Regulations amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2020/409, reg. 6(2) by S.I. 2021/476 reg. 4(6)
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- Sch. A1 para. 3(a)(va) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 6(c)
- Sch. A1 para. 3(a)(via) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(6)(d)
- Sch. 1 para. 15A(1ZA)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 7(3)
- Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(aza) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 7(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 14(1)(caa) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 14(1)(fb) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(c)
- Sch. 1 para. 14(1)(g)(iv) and word inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(e)
- Sch. 1 para. 15(5)(ab) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(j)
- Sch. 1 para. 15A(1ZA)(ba) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(k)
- Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(ac) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(l)
- Sch. 1 para. 20H(1)(caa) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(o)
- Sch. 1 para. 20H(1)(gb) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(p)
- Sch. 1 para. 20H(1)(h)(iv) and word inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(r)
- Sch. 1 para. 20I(4)(d) and semi-colon inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(7)(v)
- Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 1 para. 20D(1)(c) inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(e)(iii)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)art. 19(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)art. 19(4)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 20(3) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20(7) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20(8) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(2) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(6) Sch. 11
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(3) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(6) Sch. 11
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(5) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(6) Sch. 11
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(6) sum substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(6) Sch. 11
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2021/162 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2021/162 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2021/162 art. 27(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2021/162 art. 27(4)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2022/292 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2022/292 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2022/292 art. 27(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2022/292 art. 27(4)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2023/316 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2023/316 art. 27(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2023/316 art. 27(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2023/316 art. 27(4)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2024/242 art. 26(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2024/242 art. 26(3)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) sum substituted by S.I. 2024/242 art. 26(4)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b) sum substituted by S.I. 2024/242 art. 26(4)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 20(4) sums substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20(5) sums substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20(6) sums substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20(9) sums substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(5) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(4) sums substituted by S.I. 2014/516 art. 19(1)(6) Sch. 11
- Sch. 1 para. 20(6)(b)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(d)(i)
- Sch. 1 para. 20(6)(b)(ii) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(d)(ii)
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(4)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(h)(i)
- Sch. 1 para. 20M(4)(ii) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(9)(h)(ii)
- Sch. 1 para. 20I(4)(d) words substituted by S.I. 2022/530 art. 3(2)(a)
- Sch. 1 Pt. 4B table substituted by S.I. 2021/162 art. 27(6) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 Pt. 4B table substituted by S.I. 2022/292 art. 27(6) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 Pt. 4B table substituted by S.I. 2023/316 art. 27(6) Sch. 10
- Sch. 1 Pt. 4B table substituted by S.I. 2024/242 art. 26(6) Sch. 10
- Sch. 2 para. 17(6)(b)(iia) and word inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 9(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 17(6)(b)(iiia) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(8)(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 14(c)(iv) words omitted by S.I. 2008/698 reg. 4(15)
- Sch. 2 para. 1A(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2017/725 Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(iii)(aa)
- Sch. 2 para. 1A(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2017/725 Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(iii)(bb)
- Sch. 3 para. 1(2) words substituted by S.I. 2004/2825 reg. 2(5)
- Sch. 4 para. 10(1)(a) word substituted by S.I. 2001/1785 reg. 3(c)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 10(1)(b) word substituted by S.I. 2001/1785 reg. 3(c)(ii)
- Sch. 7 para. 82 inserted by S.I. 2021/886 art. 12(2)
- Sch. 7 para. 83 inserted by S.I. 2023/1218 art. 8(12)
- Sch. 7 para. 41(1A)(d) inserted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(7)(a)
- Sch. 8 para. 65(1) Sch. 8 para. 65 renumbered as Sch. 8 para. 65(1) by S.I. 2023/134 Sch. para. 3(b)(i)
- Sch. 8 para. 12A inserted by S.I. 2023/134 Sch. para. 3(a)
- Sch. 8 para. 65(2) inserted by S.I. 2023/134 Sch. para. 3(b)(ii)
- Sch. 8 para. 27(5A) inserted by S.I. 2023/894 reg. 2(1)(b)(2)
- Sch. 8 para. 27(1A) words inserted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(8)(a)
- Sch. 8 para. 12(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2021/886 art. 12(3)
- reg. 15(1)(b) amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2020/409, reg. 6(2) by S.I. 2021/476 reg. 4(6)
- reg. 51(3)(c)(iva) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 3(c)
- reg. 51(3)(c)(va) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(3)(c)
- reg. 85A(4)(h)(iv) and word inserted by S.I. 2021/1034 reg. 2(3)(b)(4)
- reg. 85A(4)(zza)(zzb) inserted by S.I. 2021/1034 reg. 2(2)(4)
- reg. 85A(4)(zzb) word substituted by S.I. 2022/344 reg. 2(2)reg. 2(5)(b)
- reg. 85A(4)(zzc) inserted by S.I. 2022/344 reg. 2(3)reg. 2(5)(b)
- reg. 85A(4)(zzc)(i) word omitted by S.I. 2022/990 reg. 2(1)(a)reg. 2(2)(b)
- reg. 85A(4)(zzc)(iii) inserted by S.I. 2022/990 reg. 2(1)(c)reg. 2(2)(b)
- reg. 85A(4)(zzc)(ii) word inserted by S.I. 2022/990 reg. 2(1)(b)reg. 2(2)(b)
- reg 85A(4)(zzd) inserted by S.I. 2023/532 reg. 2(1)reg. 2(2)(b)
- reg. 85A(4)(zze) inserted by S.I. 2023/1144 reg. 2(1)reg. 2(2)(b)
- reg. 105(10A)(ac)(ad) inserted by S.I. 2021/1405 reg. 3(3)
- reg. 105(10A)(ae) inserted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(3)
- reg. 110(10)(ac)(ad) inserted by S.I. 2021/1405 reg. 3(4)(b)
- reg. 110(10)(ad) word omitted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(4)(a)
- reg. 110(10)(ae) inserted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(4)(b)
- reg. 113(3B)(d)(e) inserted by S.I. 2023/640 reg. 3(5)
- reg. 140(1)(h)(iiia) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 4(c)
- reg. 140(1)(h)(iva) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(4)(c)
- reg. 146A(1)(e)(iiia) inserted by S.I. 2021/786 Sch. 3 para. 5(c)
- reg. 146A(1)(e)(iva) inserted by S.I. 2022/177 art. 5(5)(c)
Additional conditions for payment of a jobseeker’s allowance
161.—(1) It shall be an additional condition with respect to the payment of a jobseeker’s allowance to a share fisherman in respect of any [F1benefit week], that in respect of any period in that [F1benefit week] when he has not worked as a share fisherman, he proves that he has not neglected to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity of employment as a share fisherman.
(2) The following provisions shall apply for the purposes of the application of paragraph (1)—
(a)work as a share fisherman within the meaning of paragraph (1) shall include any of the work specified in sub-paragraph (b) which at the time of its performance is necessary for the safety or reasonable efficiency of the fishing boat, or is likely to become so necessary in the near future, and which it is the duty of the share fisherman (whether by agreement, custom, practice or otherwise) to undertake without remuneration other than by way of a share in the profits or gross earnings of the fishing boat, but any other work done to the fishing boat or its nets or gear shall be disregarded; and
(b)the work so included by sub-paragraph (a) is any work done to the fishing boat or its nets or gear by way of repairs (including running repairs) or maintenance, or in connection with the laying up of the boat and its nets and gear at the end of a fishing season or their preparation for a season’s fishing.
(3) It shall be a further additional condition with respect to the payment of a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance to a share fisherman in respect of any [F1benefit week] that, where he is master or a member of the crew of a fishing boat of which either the master or any member of the crew is the owner or part owner, he must also prove that in respect of any period in that [F1benefit week] when he was not working as a share fisherman, the fishing boat did not put to sea with a view to fishing for the reason—
(a)that on account of the state of the weather the fishing boat could not reasonably have put to sea with a view to fishing; or
(b)that the fishing boat was undergoing repairs or maintenance, not being repairs or maintenance to which paragraph (2) relates; or
(c)that there was an absence of fish from any waters in which the fishing boat could reasonably be expected to operate; or
(d)that any other [F2a good reason] necessitated abstention from fishing.
[F3(4) In this regulation, “benefit week” in relation to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance has the meaning it has in regulation 164 (share fisherman: amount payable) and in relation to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance has the meaning it has in regulation 1(3) (interpretation).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 161 substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), regs. 1(1), 17(a)
F2Words in reg. 161(3)(d) substituted (22.10.2012) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2568), regs. 1(1), 5(21)
F3Reg. 161(4) added (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), regs. 1(1), 17(b)
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