The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Amendment Regulations 2002

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

2.  In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1)—

(a) in regulation 3A(1) (prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of section 1(4)) for “19th March 1976” there shall be substituted “28th October 1957”;

(b) in regulation 3E(2) (entitlement of a member of a joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance without a claim being made jointly by the couple)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (j), the word “or” shall be omitted;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (k), there shall be added the following—

“or

(1) where the other member was entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance on 27th October 2002, save that this sub-paragraph shall apply only until the day on which he is required to attend at a place specified by an employment officer in a notification given or sent to him.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207; regulations 3A and 3E were inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and amended by S.I. 2001/518.