Point in time view as at 31/10/2019. This version of this provision is prospective.
Welfare Reform Act 2012, Section 61 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Prospective
(1)The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 1 (jobseeker's allowance), in subsection (2), before paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(za)is entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom;”.
(3)In that section, after subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(3A)For the purposes of subsection (2)(za), a person is entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom if, and only if—
(a)the person does not under the Immigration Act 1971 require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the person has been granted such leave and—
(i)the leave is not invalid,
(ii)the leave has not for any reason ceased to have effect, and
(iii)the leave is not subject to a condition preventing the person from accepting any employment.”
(4)In Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions), after paragraph 8 there is inserted—
“8ZARegulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to a jobseeker's allowance without being entitled to be in employment in the United Kingdom.”
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