The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000

50.  In regulation 152 (relevant week)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c)—

(i) after the words “section 19” there shall be inserted the words “or 20A”;

(ii) after the words “that claimant”, there shall be inserted the words “or the joint-claim couple”;

(b) at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the words “Except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies,”;

(c) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3) Where a joint-claim couple have an award of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance and their benefit week changes, for the purpose of calculating the amounts of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance payable for the part-week beginning on the day after their last complete benefit week before the change and ending immediately before the change, the relevant week is the period of 7 days beginning on the day after the last complete benefit week.”.