The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Amendment of regulation 5: exceptions to requirement to be available immediately

3.  In regulation 5—

(a) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) In order to be regarded as available for employment—

(a) a person who has caring responsibilities is not required to be able to take up employment immediately, providing he is willing and able to take up employment on being given 48 hours' notice; and

(b) a person who is engaged in voluntary work is not required to be able to take up employment immediately, providing he is willing and able—

(i) to take up employment on being given one week’s notice; and

(ii) to attend for interview in connection with the opportunity of any such employment on being given 48 hours' notice.”;

(b) in paragraph (5) after the words “take up employment immediately, the” there shall be inserted the words “one week,”;

(c) after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(6) In this regulation “week” means any period of seven consecutive days.”.