The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

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

(2) In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement, interpretation and application) in the definition of “the benefit Acts”(2), for “and Part 4 of the 2012 Act” substitute “, Part 4 of the 2012 Act and the Pensions Act 2014”.

(3) After paragraph 1A of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)(3) insert—

“1B.   If the claimant’s partner has been engaged in remunerative work as an employed earner or, had the employment been in Great Britain, would have been so engaged, any earnings paid or due to be paid on termination of that employment by way of retirement but only if—

(a) on retirement the partner is entitled to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014, or

(b) the only reason the partner is not entitled to a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 is because the partner does not have the minimum number of qualifying years.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

The definition of “the benefit Acts” was inserted by S.I. 2008/3157 and amended by S.I. 2013/388.

(3)

Paragraph 1A was substituted by S.I. 2007/2618.