Termination of a reductionE+W+S
25.—(1) A reduction in the amount of an award of a jobseeker's allowance in accordance with section 6J or 6K of the Act is to be terminated where, since the date of the most recent sanctionable failure which gave rise to such a reduction, the claimant has been in paid work—
(a)for a period of at least 26 weeks; or
(b)for more than one period where the total of those periods amounts to at least 26 weeks.
(2) The termination of the reduction has effect—
(a)where the date on which paragraph (1) is satisfied falls within a period of entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance, from the beginning of the benefit week in which that date falls; or
(b)where that date falls outside a period of entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance, from the beginning of the first benefit week in relation to any subsequent award of a jobseeker's allowance.
(3) The claimant is in paid work for the purposes of paragraph (1) where their weekly earnings are at least equal to their expected number of hours per week calculated under regulation 9 multiplied by the national minimum wage which would apply for a person of the claimant's age under the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 M1.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 1999/584 as amended by S.I.s 2000/1989, 2001/1108, 2002/1999, 2003/1923, 2004/1161 and 1930, 2005/2019, 2007/2318, 2008/1879 and 1894, 2009/1902, 2010/671, 1901 and 3001, 2011/2345 and 2347 and 2012/700, 956, 979 and 2397 and SR 2008/412.