The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

2.[F1(1)] The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall[F2, for the relevant period specified in column (1),] be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 83(b) and 84(1)(c).

(1)(2)
Child or Young Person Amount
[F3Person in respect of the period—

(a) beginning on that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s eleventh birthday;

(a) [F4£24.90]

(b) beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s eleventh birthday and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday;

(b) [F5£25.90]

(c) beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s nineteenth birthday.]

(c) [F5£30.95]

F6. . .

[F7(2) In column (1) of the table in paragraph (1), “the first Monday in September" means the Monday which first occurs in the month of September in any year.]

The following Table is for transitional purposes only see SI 1997/543 Art. 24(4).

(1)(2)
[F3Child or Young Person Amount
Person aged—

(a) less than 11;

(a) £16.45

(b) not less than 11 but less than 16;

(b) [F8£24.75]

(c) not less than 16 but less than 18;

(c) [F9£29.60]

(d) not less than 18.]

(d) [F10£38.90]

Textual Amendments

F5Sums in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/264), arts. 1(2)(j), 24(3), Sch. 13

F8Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/543), arts. 1(2)(j), 24(4)(a)

F9Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/543), arts. 1(2)(j), 24(4)(b)

F10Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/543), arts. 1(2)(j), 24(4)(c)