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The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

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  • Sch. 2 para. 5(4) words substituted by S.I. 2024/998 reg. 12
  • Sch. 5 word substituted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 21(b) (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 21(b) omitted (8.8.2003) by virtue of Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1731), reg. 6(5)(b))
  • Sch. 5 words omitted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 21(d) (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 21(d) omitted (8.8.2003) by virtue of Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1731), reg. 6(5)(b))
  • Sch. 7 para. 6A inserted by S.I. 2002/2402 Sch. 2 para. 5 (Sch. 2 para. 5 omitted (1.4.2003) by virtue of the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/455), reg. 1(10)(b), Sch. 4 para. 5)
  • reg. 75(1)(a)(iii) word omitted by S.I. 2009/480 reg. 2(5)(a)
  • reg. 83(c) words substituted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 2(b) (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 2(b) was omitted (8.8.2003) by virtue of Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1731), reg. 6(5)(b))
  • reg. 84(1)(d) words substituted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 3(b) (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 2 para. 3(b) was omitted (8.8.2003) by virtue of Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit) (Consequential Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1731), reg. 6(5)(b))
  • reg. 86B(c) words substituted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 5 (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations, reg. 86B(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), Sch. 2 para. 6)
  • reg. 110(10)(ab) word omitted by S.I. 2021/1405 reg. 3(4)(a) (word "or" not omitted at end of reg. 110(10)(ab) as not in sub-para. (ab) as inserted by reg. 3(4)(a) S.I. 2020/618)
  • reg. 148(1)(c)(ii) omitted by S.I. 2003/455 Sch. 2 para. 19(a) (Amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations, reg. 148(1)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), Sch. 2 para. 7(a)(ii))

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

    2. 2.Definition of non-dependant

    3. 2A.Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act

    4. 3.Meanings of certain expressions used in the Jobseekers Act 1995

  3. PART IA JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES

    1. 3A.Prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of section 1(4)

    2. 3B.Entitlement of a former joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance

    3. 3C.Entitlement of a new joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance

    4. 3D.Further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance

    5. 3E.Entitlement of a member of a joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance without a claim being made jointly by the couple

    6. 3F.Transitional case couples: prescribed circumstances and period for the purposes of paragraph 8A(2) of Schedule 1

    7. 3G.Supply of information

  4. PART II JOBSEEKING

    1. Chapter I Interpretation

      1. 4.Interpretation of Parts II, IV and V

    2. Chapter II Availability for Employment

      1. 5.Exceptions to requirement to be available immediately: carers, voluntary workers, persons providing a service and persons under an obligation to provide notice

      2. 6.Employment of at least 40 hours per week

      3. 7.Restriction of hours for which a person is available to 40 hours per week

      4. 8.Other restrictions on availability

      5. 9.No restrictions on pay after six months

      6. 10.Reasonable prospects of employment

      7. 11.Part-time students

      8. 12.Volunteers

      9. 13.Additional restrictions on availability for certain groups

      10. 13A.Additional restrictions on availability for lone parents

      11. 14.Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available

      12. 14A.(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person (V) notifies the...

      13. 15.Circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available

      14. 16.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: permitted period

      15. 17.Laid off and short-time workers

      16. 17A.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: full-time students participating in a qualifying course

      17. 17B.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: lone parents with children aged 5 not in full-time education

    3. Chapter III Actively Seeking Employment

      1. 18.Steps to be taken by persons actively seeking employment

      2. 18A.Actively seeking employment in the period at the beginning of a claim

      3. 19.Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment

      4. 20.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment: permitted period

      5. 21.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment: laid off and short-time workers

      6. 21A.Further circumstances in which a qualifying person is to be treated as actively seeking employment: full-time students participating in a qualifying course

      7. 21B.Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment: lone parents with children aged 5 not in full-time education

      8. 22.Interpretation of certain expressions for the purposes of regulations 18(3)(f)(i) and 19(1)(d)

    4. Chapter IV Attendance, Information and Evidence

      1. 23.Attendance

      2. 23A.Attendance by members of a joint-claim couple

      3. 24.Provision of information and evidence

      4. 24A.Alternative means of notifying changes of circumstances

      5. 24B.Information given electronically

      6. 25.Entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply

      7. 26.Time at which entitlement is to cease

      8. 27.Where entitlement is not to cease under regulation 25(1)(c)

      9. 27A.Circumstances in which an allowance is not to be payable

      10. 27B.Prescribed period for the purposes of regulation 27A

      11. 28.Matters to be taken into account in determining whether a claimant has good cause for failing to comply with a notice under regulation 23

      12. 29.Matters to be taken into account in determining whether a claimant has good cause for failing to provide a signed declaration

      13. 30.Circumstances in which a claimant is to be regarded as having good cause for failing to comply with a notification under regulation 23 or 23A

    5. Chapter V Jobseeker’s Agreement

      1. 31.Contents of Jobseeker’s Agreement

      2. 32.Back-dating of a Jobseeker’s Agreement ...

      3. 33.Notification of Determinations and Directions under Section 9

      4. 34.Jobseeker’s Agreement treated as having been made

      5. 35.Automatic Back-dating of Jobseeker’s Agreement

      6. 36.Jobseeker’s Agreement to remain in effect

      7. 37.Variation of Jobseeker’s Agreement

      8. 38.Direction to vary Agreement: time for compliance

      9. 39.Variation of Agreement: matters to be taken into account

      10. 40.Notification of Determinations and Directions under Section 10

      11. 41.Procedure for Reviews

      12. 42.Appeals to Social Security Appeal Tribunal

      13. 43.Direction of Social Security Appeal Tribunal: time limit for compliance

      14. 44.Appeals to the Commissioner

      15. 45.Appropriate person

      16. 45A.The contribution-based conditions and relevant earnings

      17. 45B.Relaxation of the first set of conditions

  5. PART III OTHER CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT

    1. 46.Waiting Days

    2. 47.Jobseeking Period

    3. 47A.Jobseeking periods: periods of interruption of employment

    4. 48.Linking Periods

    5. 49.Persons approaching Retirement and the Jobseeking Period

    6. 50.Persons temporarily absent from Great Britain

    7. 51.Remunerative Work

    8. 52.Persons treated as engaged in remunerative work

    9. 53.Persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work

    10. 54.Relevant education

    11. 55.Short periods of sickness

    12. 55ZA.Extended period of sickness

    13. 55A.Periods of sickness and persons receiving treatment outside Great Britain

    14. 56.Prescribed amount of earnings

  6. PART IV YOUNG PERSONS

    1. 57.Interpretation of Part IV

    2. 58.Young persons to whom section 3(1)(f)(iii) or 3A(1)(e)(ii) applies

    3. 59.Young persons in the child benefit extension period

    4. 60.Young persons at the end of the child benefit extension period

    5. 61.Other young persons in prescribed circumstances

    6. 62.Registration

    7. 63.Reduced payments under section 17

    8. 64.Availability for employment

    9. 65.Active seeking

    10. 65A.Attendance, information and evidence

    11. 66.The jobseeker’s agreement

    12. 67.Sanctions

    13. 68.Reduced amount of allowance

  7. PART V SANCTIONS

    1. 69.The period of a reduction under section 19: higher-level sanctions

    2. 69A.The period of a reduction under section 19A: Other sanctions

    3. 69B.The period of a reduction under section 19B: Claimants ceasing to be available for employment etc.

    4. 70.The amount of a reduction under section 19 and 19A and regulation 69B

    5. 70A.Cases in which no reduction is to be made under section 19 or 19A

    6. 70B.Sanctionable failures under section 19: schemes under section 17A(1)

    7. 70C.Application of a reduction to a new award

    8. 71.Voluntary Redundancy

    9. 72.Good reason for the purpose of section 19(2)(c) and (d) and 19A(2)(c)

    10. 73.Good Cause for the purposes of section 19(5)(b)

    11. 73A.Just cause for the purpose of sections 19(6)(b) and 20A(2)(e)

    12. 74.Person of prescribed description for the purpose of section 20(3)

    13. 74A.Person in receipt of a training allowance

    14. 74B.Reduced allowance where one member of a joint-claim couple is subject to a sanction

    15. 75.Interpretation

  8. PART VI MEMBERSHIP OF THE FAMILY

    1. 76.Persons of a prescribed description

    2. 77.Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another

    3. 78.Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household

  9. PART VII AMOUNTS

    1. 79.Weekly amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance

    2. 80.Deductions in respect of earnings

    3. 81.Payments by way of Pensions

    4. 82.Income-based jobseeker’s allowance

    5. 83.Applicable amounts

    6. 84.Polygamous Marriages

    7. 85.Special cases

    8. 85A.Special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad

    9. 86.Applicable amounts for persons in residential care and nursing homes

    10. 86A.Applicable amounts for joint-claim couples

    11. 86B.Applicable amounts for joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages

    12. 86C.Joint-claim couples: special cases

    13. 86D.Applicable amount for a joint-claim couple where a number is in residential care or a nursing home

    14. 87.Transitional supplement to income-based jobseeker’s allowance

    15. 87A.Where the amount of a jobseeker’s allowance is less than...

  10. PART VIII INCOME AND CAPITAL

    1. Chapter I General

      1. 88.Calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage

      2. 88ZA.Calculation of income and capital of a joint-claim couple

      3. 88A.Income of participants in the self-employment route ...

      4. 89.... Liable relative payments

      5. 90.Child support

      6. 91.Calculation of income and capital of full-time students

      7. 92.Rounding of fractions

    2. Chapter II Income

      1. 93.Calculation of income

      2. 94.Calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings

      3. 95.Calculation of earnings of self-employed earners

      4. 96.Date on which income is treated as paid

      5. 97.Calculation of weekly amount of income

    3. Chapter III Employed Earners

      1. 98.Earnings of employed earners

      2. 99.Calculation of net earnings of employed earners

    4. Chapter IV Self-Employed Earners

      1. 100.Earnings of self-employed earners

      2. 101.Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners

      3. 102.Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners

    5. Chapter IVA Participants in the Self-Employment Route ...

      1. 102A.Interpretation

      2. 102B.Treatment of gross receipts of participants in the self-employment route ...

      3. 102C.Calculation of income of participants in the self-employment route ...

      4. 102D.Deduction in respect of tax for participants in the self-employment route...

    6. Chapter V Other Income

      1. 103.Calculation of income other than earnings

      2. 104.Capital treated as income

      3. 105.Notional income

      4. 106.Modifications in respect of children and young persons

    7. Chapter VI Capital

      1. 107.Capital limit

      2. 108.Calculation of capital

      3. 109.Disregard of capital of child or young person

      4. 110.Income treated as capital

      5. 111.Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom

      6. 112.Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom

      7. 113.Notional capital

      8. 114.Diminishing notional capital rule

      9. 115.Capital jointly held

      10. 116.Calculation of tariff income from capital

    8. Chapter VII ... liable relative payments

      1. 117.Interpretation

      2. 118.Treatment of ... liable relative payments

      3. 119.Disregard of payments treated as not relevant income

      4. 120.Period over which periodical payments are to be taken into account

      5. 121.Period over which payments other than periodical payments are to be taken into account

      6. 122.Calculation of the weekly amount of a ...liable relative payment

      7. 123.Date on which a... liable relative payment is to be treated as paid

      8. 124.Liable relative payments to be treated as capital

    9. Chapter VIII Child Support

      1. ...

      2. Treatment of child support maintenance

      3. Disregard of payments treated as not relevant income

      4. Calculation of the weekly amount of child support maintenance

      5. Date on which child support maintenance is to be treated as paid

    10. Chapter IX Students

      1. 130.Interpretation

      2. 131.Calculation of grant income

      3. 132.Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed

      4. 133.Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed

      5. 134.Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 7

      6. 135.Other amounts to be disregarded

      7. 136.Treatment of student loans and postgraduate ... loans

      8. 136A.Treatment of payments from access funds

      9. 136B.Treatment of fee loans

      10. 136C.Treatment of loans for specific purposes

      11. 137.Disregard of contribution

      12. 137A.Further disregard of student’s income

      13. 138.Income treated as capital

      14. 139.Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation

  11. PART IX HARDSHIP

    1. 140.Meaning of “person in hardship"

    2. 140A.Period when a person is not a person in hardship

    3. 141.Circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship

    4. 142.Further circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship

    5. 143.Conditions for hardship payments

    6. 144.Provision of information

    7. 145.Applicable amount in hardship cases

    8. 146.Payments made on account of suspended benefit

  12. PART IXA HARDSHIP FOR JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES

    1. 146A.Meaning of “couple in hardship”

    2. 146B.Period when a joint-claim couple is not in hardship

    3. 146C.Circumstances in which a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable where a joint-claim couple is a couple in hardship

    4. 146D.Further circumstances in which a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a couple in hardship

    5. 146E.Conditions for hardship payments to a joint-claim couple

    6. 146F.Provision of information

    7. 146G.Applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples

    8. 146H.Payments made on account of suspended benefit

  13. PART X URGENT CASES

    1. 147.Urgent cases

    2. 148.Applicable amount in urgent cases

    3. 148A.Applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples

    4. 149.Assessment of income and capital in urgent cases

  14. PART XI PART-WEEKS

    1. 150.Amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable

    2. 151.Amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable where a person is in a residential care or nursing home

    3. 152.Relevant week

    4. 153.Modification in the Calculation of Income

    5. 154.Reduction in certain cases

    6. 155.Modification of section 15(2) of the Act

  15. PART XII SPECIAL CATEGORIES SHARE FISHERMEN, PERSONS OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN AND MEMBERS OF THE FORCES

    1. Chapter I Share Fishermen

      1. 156.Interpretation

      2. 157.Special provisions in respect of share fishermen

      3. 158.Modifications of section 2

      4. 159.Modifications of sections 19 and 20

      5. 160.Modification of section 35

      6. 161.Additional conditions for payment of a jobseeker’s allowance

      7. 162.Remunerative work

      8. 163.Calculation of earnings

      9. 164.Amount payable

    2. Chapter II Persons Outside Great Britain

      1. 165.Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations

      2. 166.Amendment of the Social Security (Mariners’ Benefits) Regulations

      3. 167.Modification of contribution conditions for volunteer development workers

    3. Chapter III Members of the Forces

      1. 168.Amendment to the Social Security Benefit (Members of the Forces) Regulations

  16. PART XIII MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Recovery of Maintenance

      1. 169.Recovery orders

    2. Training Allowance

      1. 170.Persons in receipt of a training allowance

    3. Trade Disputes

      1. 171.Trade disputes: exemptions from section 15 of the Act

      2. 172.Trade disputes: prescribed sum

  17. Signature

  18. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE A1

      CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS OF A JOINT-CLAIM COUPLE WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE CONDITIONS IN SECTION 1(2B)(b)

      1. 1.Interpretation

      2. 2.Member studying full-time

      3. 3.Member caring for another person

      4. 4.A member to whom paragraph 3 applied, but only for...

      5. 5.A member who, had he previously made a claim for,...

      6. 6.Member treated as capable of work, or member entitled to statutory sick pay

      7. 6A.Member has limited capability for work

      8. 6B.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person who provides—

      9. 7.Members in employment living in residential care homes, nursing homes or residential accommodation

      10. 8.Disabled workers

      11. 9.Disabled students

      12. 10.Deaf students

      13. 11.Blind members

      14. 12.Pregnancy

      15. 13.Members who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit

      16. 14.Refugees

      17. 15.Members required to attend a court or tribunal

      18. 16.Young persons in training

      19. 17.Trade disputes

    2. SCHEDULE 1

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS

      1. PART 1 PERSONAL ALLOWANCES

        1. 1.The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect...

        2. 2.(1) The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in...

        3. 3.. . . . . . . . . ....

      2. PART II FAMILY PREMIUM

        1. 4.(1) The weekly amount for the purposes of regulations 83(d)...

      3. PART III PREMIUMS

        1. 5.Except as provided in paragraph 6, the weekly premiums specified...

        2. 6.Subject to paragraph 7, where a claimant satisfies the conditions...

        3. 7.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following premiums, namely—

        4. 8.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) for the purposes of this...

        5. 9.Lone Parent Premium

        6. 9A.Bereavement Premium

        7. 10.Pensioner premium for persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit

        8. 11.Pensioner premium where claimant’s partner has attained the age of 75

        9. 12.Higher Pensioner Premium

        10. 13.Disability Premium

        11. 14.Additional Conditions for Higher Pensioner and Disability Premium

        12. 15.Severe Disability Premium

        13. 15A.Enhanced disability premium

        14. 16.Disabled Child Premium

        15. 17.Carer Premium

        16. 18.Persons in receipt of concessionary payments

        17. 19.Person in receipt of benefit

      4. PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

      5. PART IVA PREMIUMS FOR JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES

        1. 20A.Except as provided in paragraph 20B, the weekly premium specified...

        2. 20B.Subject to paragraph 20C, where a member of a joint-claim...

        3. 20C.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following premiums, namely—

        4. 20D.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) for the purposes of this...

        5. 20E.Pensioner premium where one member of a joint-claim couple has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit

        6. 20F.Higher Pensioner Premium

        7. 20G.Disability Premium

        8. 20H.Additional Conditions for Higher Pensioner and Disability Premium

        9. 20I.Severe Disability Premium

        10. 20IA.Enhanced disability premium

        11. 20J.Carer Premium

        12. 20K.Member of a joint-claim couple in receipt of concessionary payments

        13. 20L.Person in receipt of benefit

      6. PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA

      7. PART V ROUNDING OF FRACTIONS

        1. 21.Where an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is awarded for a period...

    3. SCHEDULE 2

      HOUSING COSTS

      1. 1.Housing Costs

      2. 1A.Previous entitlement to income support, income-related employment and support allowance or state pension credit

      3. 2.Circumstances in which a person is liable to meet housing costs

      4. 3.Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home

      5. 4.Housing costs not met

      6. 5.Apportionment of housing costs

      7. 6.Existing housing costs

      8. 7.Housing costs

      9. 8.General exclusions from Paragraph 7

      10. 9.The calculation for loans

      11. 10.General provisions applying to ... housing costs

      12. 11.The standard rate

      13. 12.Excessive Housing Costs

      14. 13.Linking rule

      15. 14.Loans on residential property

      16. 15.Loans for repairs and improvements to the dwelling occupied as the home

      17. 16.Housing costs

      18. 17.Non-dependant deductions

      19. 18.Continuity with Income Support or income-related employment and support allowance

      20. 19.Rounding of Fractions

    4. SCHEDULE 3

      THE GREATER LONDON AREA

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    5. SCHEDULE 4

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF PERSONS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE AND NURSING HOMES

      1. 1.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the weekly applicable amount of...

      2. 2.(1) Where, in addition to the weekly charge for accommodation,...

      3. 3.Where any part of the weekly charge for the accommodation...

      4. 4.(1) Subject to paragraph 10 the maximum referred to in...

      5. 5. Residential care homes

      6. 6. Nursing homes

      7. 7.The appropriate amount applicable to a claimant in a residential...

      8. 8.(1) Where more than one amount would otherwise be applicable,...

      9. 9.(1) Where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a...

      10. 10. Circumstances in which the maximum is not to apply

      11. 11. Personal allowances

    6. SCHEDULE 4A

      APPLICABLE AMOUNT OF A JOINT-CLAIM COUPLE WHERE A MEMBER IS IN A RESIDENTIAL CARE OR NURSING HOME

      1. 1.In this Schedule, “the relevant member” means a member of...

      2. 2.The weekly applicable amount of a joint-claim couple where one...

      3. 3.(1) Where, in addition to the weekly charge for accommodation,...

      4. 4.Where any part of the weekly charge for the accommodation...

      5. 5.Subject to paragraph 11, the maximum referred to in paragraph...

      6. 6.Residential care homes

      7. 7.Nursing homes

      8. 8.The appropriate amount applicable to a relevant member in a...

      9. 9.(1) Where more than one amount would otherwise be applicable,...

      10. 10.(1) Where the accommodation provided for the relevant member is...

      11. 11.Circumstances in which the maximum is not to apply

      12. 12.Personal allowances

    7. SCHEDULE 5

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS IN SPECIAL CASES

      1. Column (1) Column (2) ... 1. ... ... Claimant who...

      2. 18.Rounding of fractions

    8. SCHEDULE 5A

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES IN SPECIAL CASES

      1. 12.Rounding of Fractions

    9. SCHEDULE 6

      SUMS TO BE DISREGARDED IN THE CALCULATION OF EARNINGS

      1. 1.(1) In the case of a claimant who has been...

      2. 1A.If the claimant’s partner has been engaged in remunerative work...

      3. 1B.If the claimant’s partner has been engaged in remunerative work...

      4. 2.(1) In the case of a claimant to whom this...

      5. 3.Any payment to which regulation 98(1)(f) applies—

      6. 4.In the case of a claimant who has been engaged...

      7. 5.(1) In a case to which this paragraph applies, £15;...

      8. 6.In a case where the claimant is a lone parent...

      9. 7.(1) In a case to which neither paragraph 5 or...

      10. 8.Where the carer premium is awarded in respect of a...

      11. 9.(1) In a case to which none of paragraphs 5...

      12. 10.Where the claimant is engaged in one or more employments...

      13. 11.Where the claimant is a member of a couple ...–...

      14. 12.In a case to which none of paragraphs 5 to...

      15. 13.Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, where two or...

      16. 14.Any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a...

      17. 15.Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...

      18. 16.Any earnings which are due to be paid before the...

      19. 17.Any earnings of a child or young person except earnings...

      20. 18.In the case of earnings of a child or young...

      21. 19.(1) In the case of a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, where...

      22. 20.In this Schedule “part-time employment" means employment in which the...

      23. 21.In paragraph 5(7)(b) “permitted period" means a period determined in...

    10. SCHEDULE 6A

      SUMS TO BE DISREGARDED IN THE CALCULATION OF EARNINGS OF MEMBERS OF JOINT-CLAIM COUPLES

      1. 1.(1) In a case to which this paragraph applies, £20...

      2. 2.(1) In a case where paragraph 1 does not apply...

      3. 3.(1) In the case to which neither paragraph 1 nor...

      4. 4.Where a member of a joint-claim couple is engaged in...

      5. 5.In the case of a member of a joint-claim couple...

      6. 6.(1) In a case where none of paragraphs 1 to...

      7. 7.In this Schedule, “part-time employment” and “permitted period” shall bear...

    11. SCHEDULE 7

      SUMS TO BE DISREGARDED IN THE CALCULATION OF INCOME OTHER THAN EARNINGS

      1. A2.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      2. A3.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      3. A3.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      4. A4.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      5. A5.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      6. 1.Any amount paid by way of tax on income which...

      7. 2.Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred, or to...

      8. 2A.Any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the...

      9. 3.In the case of employment as an employed earner, any...

      10. 4.In the case of a payment of statutory paternity pay...

      11. 5.In the case of the payment of statutory sick pay...

      12. 6.Any housing benefit to which the claimant is entitled.

      13. 6A.Any guardian’s allowance

      14. 6B.– (1) Any child tax credit. (2) Any child benefit....

      15. 6C.(1) £1.20 in relation to each week in which child...

      16. 7.The mobility component of disability living allowance , the mobility...

      17. 8.Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of—...

      18. 9.Any mobility supplement or any payment intended to compensate for...

      19. 10.Any attendance allowance , the care component of disability living...

      20. 11.Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria...

      21. 12.(1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...

      22. 12A.Any payment made to the claimant by way of repayment...

      23. 13.In the case of a claimant to whom regulation 11...

      24. 14.(1) Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the...

      25. 15.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 41, any relevant...

      26. 16.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, in...

      27. 16A.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), where a claimant—...

      28. 17.Subject to paragraphs 38 and 39, £10 of any of...

      29. 18.Where a claimant receives income under an annuity purchased with...

      30. 19.Any payment made to the claimant by a person who...

      31. 20.Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home and...

      32. 21.Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home and...

      33. 22.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) , except where...

      34. 23.(1) Any income derived from capital to which the claimant...

      35. 24.Any income which is payable in a country outside the...

      36. 25.Where a payment of income is made in a currency...

      37. 26.(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of...

      38. 26A.In the case of a claimant who has a child...

      39. 27.Any payment made to the claimant with whom a person...

      40. 28.Any payment made to the claimant or his partner for...

      41. 28A.Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of...

      42. 29.(1) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance...

      43. 30.Any payment received under an insurance policy taken out to...

      44. 31.(1) Except where paragraph 30 or 31A applies, and subject...

      45. 31A.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an...

      46. 32.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case...

      47. 33.Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part VIII of...

      48. 33A.Any local welfare provision.

      49. 34.Any payment of income which under regulation 110 (income treated...

      50. 35.Any payment under Part X of the Benefits Act (pensioner’s...

      51. 36.In the case of a person who is, or would...

      52. 37.Any payment which is due to be paid before the...

      53. 38.The total of a claimant’s income or, if he is...

      54. 39.Notwithstanding paragraph 38, where two or more payments of the...

      55. 40.Any resettlement benefit which is paid to the claimant by...

      56. 41.(1) Any payment made under or by the Macfarlane Trust,...

      57. 42.Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...

      58. 43.Any payment made to a juror or a witness in...

      59. 44.Any community charge benefit.

      60. 45.Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...

      61. 46.Any special war widows payment made under—

      62. 47.(1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...

      63. 48.Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...

      64. 49.Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for...

      65. 50.Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...

      66. 51.Any council tax benefit.

      67. 52.(1) ) If the claimant is in receipt of any...

      68. 53.Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...

      69. 54.In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...

      70. 55.(1) Any payment which is– (a) made under any of...

      71. 56.Any payment made ... as a direct payment as defined...

      72. 57.. . . . . . . . . ....

      73. 58.. . . . . . . . . ....

      74. 59.(1) Any payment specified in sub-paragraph (2) to a claimant...

      75. 60.. . . . . . . . . ....

      76. 60A.Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to...

      77. 61.Any discretionary payment to meet, or to help to meet,...

      78. 62.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the case of a...

      79. 63.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any discretionary payment made pursuant...

      80. 64.Any payment made with respect to a person on account...

      81. 65.Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect...

      82. 66.Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant...

      83. 67.(1) Any payment of a sports award except to the...

      84. 68.Where the amount of a subsistence allowance paid to a...

      85. 69.In the case of a claimant participating in an employment...

      86. 70.(1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from...

      87. 71.Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of...

      88. 72.(1) Any payment made by a local authority, or by...

      89. 72A.Armed forces independence payment.

      90. 73.Any ERA payment.

      91. 74.Any payment made to a claimant’s partner in respect of...

      92. 75.Any payments to a claimant made under section 49 of...

      93. 76.Any bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions...

      94. 77.Any payment of carer’s allowance supplement made under section 81...

      95. 78.Any early years assistance given in accordance with section 32...

      96. 79.Any funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34...

      97. 80.Any Scottish child payment assistance given in accordance with section...

      98. 81.Any short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under...

      99. 82.Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under...

      100. 83.Any amount of carer support payment that is in excess...

    12. SCHEDULE 8

      CAPITAL TO BE DISREGARDED

      1. A2.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      2. A3.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      3. A3.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      4. A4.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      5. A5.Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...

      6. 1.The dwelling occupied as the home but, notwithstanding regulation 88,...

      7. 2.Any premises acquired for occupation by the claimant which he...

      8. 3.Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of...

      9. 4.Any premises occupied in whole or in part by—

      10. 5.Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly...

      11. 6.Any premises where the claimant is taking reasonable steps to...

      12. 7.Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...

      13. 8.Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...

      14. 9.Any grant made to the claimant in accordance with a...

      15. 10.Any future interest in property of any kind, other than...

      16. 11.(1) The assets of any business owned in whole or...

      17. 12.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any...

      18. 12A.Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made pursuant to...

      19. 13.Any sum— (a) paid to the claimant in consequence of...

      20. 14.Any sum— (a) deposited with a housing association as defined...

      21. 15.Any personal possessions except those which have or had been...

      22. 16.The value of the right to receive any income under...

      23. 17.Where the funds of a trust are derived from a...

      24. 17A.(1) Any payment made to the claimant or the claimant’s...

      25. 18.The value of the right to receive any income under...

      26. 19.The value of the right to receive any income which...

      27. 20.The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.

      28. 21.Where any payment of capital falls to be made by...

      29. 22.(1) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance...

      30. 23.Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part VIII of...

      31. 23A.Any local welfare provision.

      32. 24.Any refund of tax which falls to be deducted under...

      33. 25.Any capital which under regulation 104, 106(1) or 136 (capital...

      34. 26.Where a payment of capital is made in a currency...

      35. 27.(1) Any payment made under or by the Macfarlane Trust,...

      36. 27A.. . . . . . . . . ....

      37. 28.The value of the right to receive an occupational or...

      38. 29.The value of any funds held under a personal pension...

      39. 30.The value of the right to receive any rent except...

      40. 31.Any payment in kind which is a Grenfell Tower payment...

      41. 32.Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment...

      42. 33.Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...

      43. 34.Any payment made to a juror or a witness in...

      44. 35.Any payment in consequence of a reduction of ... council...

      45. 36.(1) Any payment or repayment made— (a) as respects England,...

      46. 37.Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...

      47. 37A.Any payment made under Part 8A of the Benefits Act...

      48. 38.Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for...

      49. 39.Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph...

      50. 40.Any payment (other than a training allowance ... made, whether...

      51. 41.Any payment made by a local authority under section 3...

      52. 42.(1) Any sum of capital to which sub-paragraph (2) applies...

      53. 43.Any sum of capital administered on behalf of a person...

      54. 44.Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria...

      55. 45.. . . . . . . . . ....

      56. 45A.. . . . . . . . . ....

      57. 46.. . . . . . . . . ....

      58. 47.In the case of a person who is receiving, or...

      59. 48.. . . . . . . . . ....

      60. 49.Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect...

      61. 50.Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant...

      62. 51.(1) Any payment of a sports award for a period...

      63. 52.(1) Any payment— (a) by way of an education maintenance...

      64. 53.In the case of a claimant participating in an employment...

      65. 54.Any arrears of subsistence allowance paid as a lump sum...

      66. 55.Any payment made to a person under regulation 11 of...

      67. 56.Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by...

      68. 57.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust...

      69. 58.The amount of a payment, other than a war pension...

      70. 59.(1) Any payment made by a local authority, or by...

      71. 60.Any payment made under sections 31 to 33 of the...

      72. 61.Any payment made to the claimant pursuant to regulations under...

      73. 61A.Any payment made to the claimant in accordance with regulations...

      74. 62.. . . . . . . . . ....

      75. 63.. . . . . . . . . ....

      76. 64.Any payments to a claimant made under section 49 of...

      77. 65.(1) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate...

      78. 66.Any payment made under or by a trust, established for...

      79. 67.Any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of...

      80. 68.Any early years assistance given in accordance with section 32...

      81. 69.Any funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34...

      82. 70.Any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young...

      83. 71.Any winter heating assistance given in accordance with regulations made...

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