Jobseekers Act 1995
Part I The Jobseeker’s Allowance
Entitlement
1The jobseeker’s allowance.
2 The contribution-based conditions.
3 The income-based conditions.
3A The conditions for claims by joint-claim couples.
3B Joint-claim couples: the nominated member.
4 Amount payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance.
4AAmount payable in respect of joint-claim couple.
5Duration of a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance.
Work-related requirements
6 Work-related requirements
6AClaimant commitment
6BWork-focused interview requirement
6CWork preparation requirement
6DWork search requirement
6EWork availability requirement
6FImposition of work-related requirements
6GConnected requirements
6HImposition of work-related and connected requirements: supplementary
6ICompliance with work-related and connected requirements
6JHigher-level sanctions
6KOther sanctions
6LDelegation and contracting out
7 Actively seeking employment.
8 Attendance, information and evidence.
9 The jobseeker’s agreement.
10 Variation of jobseeker’s agreement.
11 Jobseeker’s agreement: reviews and appeals.
Income and capital
12 Income and capital: general.
13 Income and capital: income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
Trade disputes
14 Trade disputes.
15 Effect on other claimants.
15A Trade disputes: joint-claim couples.
Persons under 18
16 Severe hardship.
17 Reduced payments.
18 Recovery of overpayments.
“Work for your benefit” schemes etc.
17ASchemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.
17BSection 17A: supplemental
Persons dependent on drugs etc.
17CPersons dependent on drugs etc.
18 Recovery of overpayments.
Denial of jobseeker’s allowance
19Higher-level sanctions
19AOther sanctions
19BClaimants ceasing to be available for employment etc
19CHardship payments
20 Exemptions from section 19 and 19A.
20A(1) Where this section applies to a member of a...
20B(1) Section 20A shall not be taken to apply to...
Miscellaneous
20EContracting out
21 Supplementary provisions.
22 Members of the forces.
23 Recovery of sums in respect of maintenance.
24 Effect of alteration of rates.
25 Age increases.
Part II Back to Work Schemes
26 The back to work bonus.
27 Employment of long-term unemployed: deductions by employers.
28 Expedited claims for housing benefit and council tax benefit.
29 Pilot schemes.
Part III Miscellaneous and Supplemental
30 Grants for resettlement places.
31 Termination of awards.
32 Insolvency.
33 Inspectors.
34 Offences.
35 Interpretation.
36 Regulations and orders.
37 Parliamentary control.
38 General financial arrangements.
39 Provision for Northern Ireland.
40 Transitional provisions.
41 Short title, commencement, extent etc.
SCHEDULES
Schedule A1
Requirements imposed in relation to use of drugs
1(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
2(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
3(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
Paragraphs 1 to 3: supplementary
4(1) A person must comply with a requirement imposed by...
Voluntary and mandatory rehabilitation plans
5(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with—...
6(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
Sanctions
7(1) Regulations under paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 6 may,...
Information
8(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
Interpretation
9In this Schedule— “drug” means such controlled drug (as defined...
Power to extend provisions to alcohol
10(1) If regulations so provide and subject as follows, the...
SCHEDULE 1 Supplementary Provisions
Remunerative work
1(1) For the purposes of this Act, “remunerative work” has...
Limited capability for work
2(1) The question whether a person has, or does not...
Linking periods
3Regulations may provide— (a) for jobseeking periods which are separated...
Waiting days
4Except in prescribed circumstances, a person is not entitled to...
Periods of less than a week
5Regulations may make provision in relation to—
Employment protection sums
6(1) In relation to any contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, regulations may...
Pension payments
7Regulations may make provision, for the purposes of any provision...
Exemptions
8Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be...
8A(1) Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a joint-claim couple...
8B(1) This paragraph applies if domestic violence has been inflicted...
9Regulations may provide— (a) for an income-based jobseeker’s allowance to...
Continuity of claims and awards: persons ceasing to be a joint-claim couple
9A(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a...
Continuity of claims and awards: persons again becoming a joint-claim couple
9B(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a...
Continuity of claims and awards: couple becoming a joint-claim couple
9C(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a...
Paragraphs 9A to 9C: supplementary
9D(1) Regulations may provide, in relation to any replacement award...
Claims yet to be determined and suspended payments
10(1) In such circumstances as may be prescribed—
Presence in and absence from Great Britain
11(1) Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a claimant...
Households
12Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Act...
Responsibility for another person
13Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Act...
Relevant education
14Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Act—...
14AAFor any purpose of this Act regulations may provide for—...
Calculation of periods
15Regulations may make provision for calculating periods for any purpose...
Employment on ships etc.
16(1) Regulations may modify any provision of this Act in...
Additional conditions
17Regulations may require additional conditions to be satisfied with respect...
Benefits Act purposes
18Regulations may provide for— (a) a jobseeker’s allowance;
Treatment of information supplied as information relating to social security
19Information supplied in pursuance of any provision made by or...
SCHEDULE 2 Consequential Amendments
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
1In section 78(2A) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968...
The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Education Act 1980 (c. 20)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
4In Part I of Schedule 6 to the Magistrates’ Courts...
The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44)
5In section 53(3) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (school...
The Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)
6In section 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982...
The Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)
7In section 70(2)(b) of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in...
The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66)
8In section 31(8) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (definition...
The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47)
9(1) The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 is amended as...
The Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47)
10Paragraph 7A of Schedule 2 to the Abolition of Domestic...
The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)
11The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is amended as...
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13In section 152 (notification of amount taxable), in subsection (1),...
14(1) Section 204 (PAYE repayments) is amended as follows.
15(1) Section 347B (qualifying maintenance payments) is amended as follows....
16In section 617 (social security benefits and contributions), in subsection...
The Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
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The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)
18In paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government...
The Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
19(1) The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.
The Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
20(1) The Child Support Act 1991 is amended as follows....
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
21(1) Section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery...
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4)
22In section 22 of the Benefits Act (earnings factors), in...
23In section 61 of the Benefits Act (exclusion of increase...
24In section 82 of the Benefits Act (short-term benefit: increase...
25In section 84 of the Benefits Act (pension increase for...
26In section 87 of the Benefits Act (rate of increase...
27In section 91 of the Benefits Act (effect of trade...
28In section 116 (application to Her Majesty’s forces), in subsection...
29In section 122(1) of the Benefits Act (interpretation of Parts...
30(1) Section 124 of the Benefits Act (entitlement to income...
31In section 126 of the Benefits Act (income support: trade...
32In section 127 of the Benefits Act (effect of return...
33In section 128 of the Benefits Act (family credit), in...
34In section 129 of the Benefits Act (disability working allowance),...
35(1) Section 137 of the Benefits Act (interpretation of Part...
36(1) Schedule 7 to the Benefits Act (industrial injuries benefits)...
37In Schedule 13 to the Benefits Act (relationship of statutory...
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
38In section 1 of the Administration Act (entitlement to benefit...
39In section 5 of the Administration Act (claims and payments...
40(1) Section 15A of the Administration Act (payment out of...
41In section 17(1) of the Administration Act (questions for adjudication...
42(1) Section 20 of the Administration Act (claims and questions...
43In section 25 of the Administration Act (review of decisions),...
44In section 58 of the Administration Act (determination of questions...
45In section 61 of the Administration Act (supplementary matters relating...
46In section 68 of the Administration Act (restrictions on entitlement...
47In section 70 of the Administration Act (correction of errors...
48In section 71 of the Administration Act (recovery of overpayments),...
49(1) Section 73 of the Administration Act (adjustment of benefits)...
50In section 74 (recovery and abatement of income support), in...
51In section 78 of the Administration Act (recovery of social...
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53(1) Section 105 of the Administration Act (failure to maintain)...
54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55In section 115 of the Administration Act (offences by bodies...
56(1) Section 116 of the Administration Act (legal proceedings) is...
57In section 117 of the Administration Act (questions arising in...
58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59In section 124 of the Administration Act (provisions relating to...
60In section 125 of the Administration Act (notifications of deaths),...
61In section 126 of the Administration Act (information to be...
62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64(1) Section 150 of the Administration Act (annual up-rating of...
65In section 164(1) of the Administration Act (destination of repayments),...
66(1) Section 166 of the Administration Act (financial review and...
67In section 170 of the Administration Act (the Social Security...
68(1) Section 177(5) of the Administration Act (co-ordination with Northern...
69(1) Section 178 of the Administration Act (reciprocal arrangements with...
70(1) Section 179 of the Administration Act (reciprocal agreements with...
71In section 180 of the Administration Act (payment of travelling...
72In section 187 of the Administration Act (certain benefit to...
73(1) Section 191 of the Administration Act (interpretation) is amended...
74In Schedule 4 to the Administration Act (persons employed in...
The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)
75(1) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government...
76(1) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government...
SCHEDULE 3 Repeals

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Jobseekers Act 1995

1995 CHAPTER 18

An Act to provide for a jobseeker’s allowance and to make other provision to promote the employment of the unemployed and the assistance of persons without a settled way of life.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—