The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

[F1 Actively seeking employment E+W+S

10A.— (1) A claimant shall not be required to be a person who is actively seeking employment where, by virtue of regulation 8 (persons not required to be available for employment), he is not required to be available for employment.

[F2 (2) A claimant, other than a person to whom regulation 10(1)(h) applies, shall not be required to be a person who is actively seeking employment during any week in which—

(a) the claimant—

(i) is a single woman and is pregnant, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the claimant will suffer hardship; or

(b) the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple where—

(i) one member of that couple is pregnant, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, that member will suffer hardship; or

(c) the claimant is a member of a married or unmarried couple where—

(i) he or his partner, or both of them, are responsible for a child or young person, and

(ii) the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the child or young person will suffer hardship; or

(d) the claimant’s applicable amount includes a disability premium under Part III of Schedule 2 (premiums) and the adjudication officer is satisfied that, unless income support is paid, the person, whether the claimant or his partner, who satisfies the additional condition in paragraph 12 of that Schedule for the award of the premium will suffer hardship.]

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a claimant shall be treated as actively seeking employment in any week if, and only if, he takes such steps in that week as he would be required to take under regulations made under subsection (2)(aa)(i) of Section 17 of the Social Security Act in order to be regarded as actively seeking employed earner’s employment in that week for the purposes of that section.

(4) A claimant shall be treated as actively seeking employment in respect of any week for which he is, or would have been had he made a claim for unemployment benefit, deemed to have been actively seeking employment under regulations made under section 17(1)(a)(i) of the Social Security Act.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, in relation to a claimant,

• “week” has the meaning prescribed in regulations made under section 17(2)(aa)(ii) of the Social Security Act which—

  (a)

  if he is entitled to unemployment benefit, applies in his case; and

  (b)

  if he is not entitled to unemployment benefit, would have applied in his case if each of the days for which he claims income support would have fallen within a period of interruption of employment had he claimed unemployment benefit under that Act in respect of those days.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 10A inserted (9.10.1989) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1323), regs. 1(1)(b), 6

F2 Reg. 10A(2) substituted (3.12.1992) by The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2804), regs. 1(1), 2