The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2012

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 50 (persons temporarily absent from Great Britain), after paragraph (6C)(2), insert—

“(6D) For the purposes of the Act, a person (“P”) shall be treated as being in Great Britain during any period of temporary absence from Great Britain not exceeding 15 days where—

(a) P’s absence is for the purpose of taking part in annual continuous training as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations; and

(b) P or P’s partner was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance immediately before the period of absence began.”.

(3) In regulation 72 (good reason for the purposes of section 19(2)(c) and (d) and 19A(2)(c))(3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) (and the preceding “—”), substitute “one hour and thirty minutes either way,”.

(4) Regulation 74A (person in receipt of a training allowance)(4) is revoked.

(5) In regulation 94(2C)(a) (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings)(5), omit “or which is equal to the duration of the training period,”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

Paragraph (6C) was originally inserted by S.I.2004/1869, regulation 3(1) and (4)(b). A new paragraph (6C) was substituted by S.I 2008/2767, regulation 4(1) and (3).

(3)

Regulation 72 was substituted by S.I. 2012/2568, regulation 2(5).

(4)

Regulation 74A was inserted by S.I. 1996/1516, regulation 7 and amended by S.I. 2000/1978, regulation 2(1) and (5) and Schedule 2, paragraph 30(b).

(5)

Regulation 94(2C) was inserted by S.I. 2012/1616, regulation 2(1) and (6).