The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000

56.  In Schedule 5 (applicable amounts in special cases)—

(a) paragraph 10 (couples where one member is absent from the United Kingdom) shall be renumbered paragraph 10(1) and after the renumbered paragraph 10(1) there shall be inserted—

(i) the following sub-paragraph in column (1)—

“(2) A claimant who is a member of a joint-claim couple and whose partner is temporarily absent from the United Kingdom—

(a) in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6A);

(b) in any other circumstances.”;

(ii) the following sub-paragraph in column (2)—

“(2) (a) For the first four weeks of that absence, the amount applicable to them as a couple under regulation 83 or 86 and thereafter the amount applicable to the claimant in Great Britain under regulation 83 or 86 as if the claimant were a single claimant;

(b) The amount which would be applicable to the claimant under regulation 83 or 86 if that claimant was a single claimant for the period commencing on the date of claim and ending on the day after the day on which the partner returns to the United Kingdom.”;

(b) after paragraph 17, there shall be inserted—

(i) the following paragraph in column (1)—

“Joint-claim couples where a claim is made other than jointly by both members

17A.   A joint claim couple and one member—

(a) is a person to whom regulation 3E(2)(a) applies;

(b) is a person to whom regulation 3E(2)(b) applies.”;

(ii) the following paragraph in column (2)—

“(a) The amount which would be applicable to the claimant under regulation 83 or 86 if that claimant was a single claimant for the period commencing on the day on which the member of the couple who is not the claimant fails to attend at the time and place specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 6 of the Claims and Payments Regulations and ending on the day on which that member does so attend;

(b) The amount which would be applicable to the claimant under regulation 83 or 86 if that claimant was a single claimant.”.