The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 No. 207

PART V SANCTIONS

Prescribed period for purposes of Section 19(2)

69.  The prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) shall begin on the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant and shall be—

(a) 4 weeks, in any case in which

(i) a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant in circumstances falling within section 19(5), and

(ii) on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within that subsection, and

(iii) the first date on which the jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him on that previous occasion falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in (i) above;

(b) 2 weeks, in any other case.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 69(a)(ii)(iii) applied with modifications (26.5.1997) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Project Work Pilot Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/984), regs. 1(1), 4(3)

C2 Reg. 69(a) modified (temp.) (26.5.1997) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Project Work Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/983), reg. 1(1)(2), 3, 4

C3 Reg. 69(a) modified (temp.) (23.6.1997) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Contract for Work) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/982), reg. 1(1)(2), 3, 5