Claims yet to be determined and suspended paymentsN.I.
10.—[[(1) In such circumstances as may be prescribed—N.I.
(a)a claimant for a jobseeker's allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance,
(b)a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance, or
(c)a member of such a couple,
may be treated as being entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance before his or (as the case may be) the couple's claim for the allowance has been determined.]
(2) In such circumstances as may be prescribed, an income-based jobseeker's allowance shall be[ payable][ to—
(a)a claimant of a jobseeker's allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance,
(b)a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance, or
(c)a member of such a couple,
even though payment to him or (as the case may be) the couple] of a jobseeker's allowance has been suspended by virtue of regulations under section 5(1)(o) of the Administration Act.
(3) A jobseeker's allowance shall be payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) only if the claimant[ or (as the case may be) the couple or the member of the couple] has complied with such requirements as to the provision of information as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
(4) Regulations may make provision for a jobseeker's allowance payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to be—
(a)payable at a prescribed rate;
(b)payable for a prescribed period;
(c)treated as being a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance for the purposes of Article 7.
(5) Regulations may make provision—
[(a)as to whether the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is recoverable;]
(b)for the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) to be treated, if an award is made on the claim referred to there, as having been paid on account of the jobseeker's allowance awarded;
(c)for the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) to be treated, if the suspension referred to there is lifted, as having been paid on account of the suspended allowance.
[(6) References in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) to an income-based jobseeker's allowance include a payment by way of such an allowance under Article 21C.]]