27.—(1) Entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance shall not cease if [F1a claimant] shows, before the end of the fifth working day after the day on which he failed to comply with a [F2notification] under regulation 23 [F3or 23A] or to provide a signed declaration in accordance with regulation 24, that he had good cause for the failure.
(2) In this regulation, “working day" means any day on which the appropriate office is not closed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 27(1) substituted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(a)
F2Word in reg. 27(1) substituted (11.9.2000) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2194), regs. 1, 2(5)
F3Words in reg. 27(1) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 6(b)