Part IIJobseeking

Jobseeker’s Agreement to remain in effect10

In regulation 36 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (jobseeker’s agreement to remain in effect) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

b

in respect of any part of a period of suspension, where—

i

the Department has directed under regulation 36(1A) of the Claims and Payments Regulations9 that payment under an award be suspended for a definite or indefinite period on the ground that a question arises whether the conditions for entitlement to that allowance are or were fulfilled or the award ought to be revised;

ii

subsequently that suspension expires or is cancelled in respect of a part only of the period for which it has been in force, and

iii

it is then determined that the award should be revised to the effect that there was no entitlement to the allowance in respect of all or any part of the period between the start of the period over which the award has been suspended and the date when the suspension expires or is cancelled, or