The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

2.— [F1 [F2 (1)] The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall[F3 , 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
[F4 Person 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 sixteenth birthday;	(a) [F5 £65.62;]
(b) beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s [F6 twentieth] birthday.]	(b) [F5 £65.62;]

[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)
[F8 Child or Young Person	Amount
Person aged—
(a) less than 11;	(a) £16.45
(b) not less than 11 but less than 16;	(b) [F9 £24.75]
(c) not less than 16 but less than 18;	(c) [F10 £29.60]
(d) not less than 18.]	(d) [F11 £38.90]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 2 omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6)(7)(8) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), Sch. 2 para. 20(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 inserted (7.4.1997) by The Income-related Benefits and Jobseekers Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2545), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)(7)(b) (with reg. 10)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 inserted (7.4.1997) by The Income-related Benefits and Jobseekers Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2545), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(3)(7)(b) (with reg. 10)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(1) substituted (10.4.2000) by The Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2555), regs. 1(7)(a), 2(1)(b)(2)(d)

F5 Sums in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j)(ii) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/574), arts. 1(2)(j)(ii), 22(1)(3), Sch. 9

F6 Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(10)

F7 Sch. 1 para. 2(2) inserted (7.4.1997) by The Income-related Benefits and Jobseekers Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2545), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(6)(7)(b) (with reg. 10)

F8 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (7.4.1997) by The Income-related Benefits and Jobseekers Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2545), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(4)(7)(b) (with reg. 10)

F9 Sum 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)

F10 Sum 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)

F11 Sum 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)