(1)Regulations may make provision allowing, in prescribed circumstances, an award of income support to be brought to an end by [F1the Secretary of State] where the person to whom it was made, or where he is a member of a [F2couple] his partner [F3or the couple], will be entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance if the award is brought to an end.
(2)Regulations may make provision allowing, in prescribed circumstances, an award of a jobseeker’s allowance to be brought to an end by [F1the Secretary of State] where the person to whom it was made, or where he is a member of a [F2couple] his partner, [F4or where the award was made to a couple a member of the couple,] will be entitled to income support if the award is brought to an end.
(3)In this section “partner” means the other member of the couple concerned.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 31(1)(2) substituted (18.10.1999 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 143; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 16-18) (as amended (25.11.1999) by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 3(20), Sch. 20 paras. 1(a), 2(a))
F2Words in s. 31(1)(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 254(1), 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 123; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F3Words in s. 31(1) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 14(2); S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)
F4Words in s. 31(2) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 14(3); S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 31 wholly in force at 7.10.1996; s. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(2); s. 31 in force (12.12.1995) for the purpose of authorising the making of regulations by S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.; s. 31 in force (7.10.1996) in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)
