Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

5 (1) Section 4 (amount of jobseeker’s allowance) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3) (amount payable in respect of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance), after “allowance” insert “(other than a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance)”.

(3) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) In the case of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, the amount payable in respect of a joint-claim couple shall be—

(a) if the couple have no income, the applicable amount;

(b) if the couple have an income, the amount by which the applicable amount exceeds the couple’s income.”

(4) After subsection (11) insert—

“(11A) In subsections (6) to (11) “claimant” does not include—

(a) a joint-claim couple, or

(b) a member of such a couple (other than a person to whom regulations under section 1(2C) apply);

but section 4A, which contains corresponding provisions relating to joint-claim couples, applies instead.”